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Sutton Sting

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Sutton Sting
CitySutton-in-Ashfield
LeagueNIHL
ConferenceLaidler
DivisionNorth 2
Founded2009
Home arenaLammas Leisure Centre / Ice Sheffield
ColorsYellow & Black
   
Head coachMatt Jeffcock
Championships
Division titles1 - 2017/18 NIHL North 2 Champions

The Sutton Sting are an amateur English ice hockey team based out of the Lammas Leisure Centre at Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. The Sting compete in the National Ice Hockey League as a member of the Laidler conference (Division 2 North). Due to their home rink at Sutton being considered too small for match hockey, the team play their home fixtures at IceSheffield.

The team was founded in 2009, three years after the junior club of the same name was established, to give players a pathway from U10s into senior ice hockey. They primarily source players who progress through their junior teams which enter into the English Ice Hockey Association Junior Leagues system.

The team began life in the English National Ice Hockey League (ENL) North 2 for the 2009-10 season. After 3 years the club won the 2011-12 English National Ice Hockey League North Promotion Playoff Champions against the Nottingham Lions and elected for promotion to the National Ice Hockey League North 1.

In the clubs first season in NIHL 1 they qualified for but were eliminated from the playoffs in the semi finals, they competed from 2012 to 2017 without any further playoff success.

Following the closure of the 2016-17 season the Sting elected to drop down into the NIHL 2 where they were crowned league champions, but went on to be defeated in the playoff finals by the Widnes Wild.

Sting returned to the NIHL 1 North for the 2018-19 season where they remained for a further year.

Following a brief hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sting returned to the NIHL 2 for the 2021-22 season. Their first run out saw them finish 3rd in the league, followed by a playoff semi-final loss to eventual champions the Hull Jets. A similar story followed for the 2022-23 season where the Sting once again finished 3rd in the league, followed by a playoff semi-final loss to eventual champions the Telford Tigers 2.

Season-by-season record

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season League GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Finish Post-season
2009-10 ENL 2 24 5 17 2 - 12 68 142 6 No playoffs held
2010-11 ENL 2 24 14 9 1 - 29 122 124 2 No playoffs held
2011-12 ENL 2 28 22 6 0 - 44 228 88 2 Placement game win
2012-13 NIHL 1 30 15 6 9 - 39 121 101 3 Semifinal loss
2013-14 NIHL 1 28 15 12 1 - 31 133 100 5 DNQ
2014-15 NIHL 1 24 9 12 3 - 21 82 85 5 DNQ
2015-16 NIHL 1 30 10 18 2 - 22 96 118 7 DNQ
2016-17 NIHL 1 28 9 16 3 - 21 83 106 6 DNQ
2017-18 NIHL 2 36 28 5 - 3 59 218 110 1 Final loss
2018-19 NIHL 1 36 10 23 - 3 23 136 235 8 QF loss
2019-20 NIHL 1 24 13 10 - 1 26 116 119 4 Cancelled
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - Inactive
2021-22 NIHL 2 14 8 5 - 1 17 53 47 3 SF loss
2022-23 NIHL 2 28 13 10 - 5 31 95 89 3 SF loss
2023-24 NIHL 2 32 26 5 - 1 54 200 79 2 Final loss
2024-25 NIHL 2 - - - - - - - - - -

Current Squad

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Squad for 2024–25 National Ice Hockey League North 2 season

Netminders
No. Nat. Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth Acquired Contract
99 England Lewis King L 2001 2017
21 England Liberty Bird L 2003 2022
55 England Ben Ward L 2000 2017
Defencemen
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired Contract
8 England Sam Colton 2002 2023
20 Wales Josh Humphreys 2000 2021
90 England Owen Jenkinson 2004 2021
46 England Cameron Kushnirenko 1999 2022
65 Northern Ireland Jamie Scott R 1998 Belfast, Northern Ireland 2024
6 England James Spencer R 2001 Sutton-in-Ashfield, England 2021
94 England Jacob Truswell (A) 2002 2019
78 England Jasper Wright 2005 2022
Forwards
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired Contract
9 England Cameron Akers L 2000 Sheffield, England 2021
7 England Adam Brooke-Smith 2002 2022
48 England Cameron Glasby L 1999 Worksop, England 2015
80 England Lawson Glasby (C) R 1996 Worksop, England 2021
17 England Morgan Glasby (A) 2001 Worksop, England 2021
19 England Matthew Jeffcock R 1988 Sheffield, England 2014
86 England Elliott Meadows 1997 2015
25 England Calum Russell 2002 2021
16 England Charlie Saunders R 1998 2014
92 England Elizabeth Saunders L 2001 2024
12 England Sebastian Staley 2008 2024 Junior
10 England William Stennett 1992 2010
91 England Jack Straw 2005 2022
2 England Bailey Templar L 1999 2015
11 England Oliver Watson L 1998 Rotherham, England 2021
33 England Alexander Williams 2005 2022

Club Records

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League titles

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  • NIHL 2: 1 (2017/18)

Individual records

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  • Most Games Played: James Goodman (211)
  • Most Goals Scored (All Time): Ryan Johnson (90)
  • Most Assists (All Time): Simon Butterworth (196)
  • Most Points Scored (All Time): Simon Butterworth (267)
  • Most Penalty Minutes (All Time): James Goodman (617)
  • Most Goals Scored in a Season: Richard Oliver (44) (2011/12)
  • Most Assists in a Season: Simon Butterworth (66) (2011/12)
  • Most Points Scored in a Season: Simon Butterworth (88) (2011/12)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a Season: Benjamin Wilson (203) (2010/11)
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