Sting in the Big Leagues: The Cincinnati Stingers' Journey to the NHL - Page 2

Greenert11 · 05-20-2023, 01:16 PM

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Greenert11 · 05-21-2023, 03:53 PM

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Congratulations to the Los Angeles Kings!

Greenert11 · 05-22-2023, 12:56 PM

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That concludes the first season!

Greenert11 · 05-23-2023, 12:57 AM

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Somewhat of a big trade here. Philadelphia sends off 66-point second-line center Kindrachuk for top-pairing defensive defenseman Bill Hajt the other players are throw-ins.

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Picked up Stan Smyl 14th Overall. Our right wing depth right now is pretty good but it looks like he has a pretty good chance at cracking the opening night roster.

Greenert11 · 05-24-2023, 11:30 AM

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Greenert11 · 05-25-2023, 12:29 PM

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Oct 27th, Pekka Rautakallio regarded to be our best defender is out for 2-3 months with a broken hand. These next couple of months without him will make or break the season.

Greenert11 · 05-26-2023, 01:03 PM

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Nov 2nd, Marcel Dionne Records a 8-point night (4G, 4A) in a 13-0 thrashing of the Washington Capitals. Dionne ends the month on pace to score 93 goals this season.

Greenert11 · 05-27-2023, 10:38 AM

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Dec 27th, Robbie Ftorek will miss 1-2 months from a concussion. Ftorek is the second team leader in points

Greenert11 · 05-28-2023, 11:02 AM

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Jan 14th, Ric Seiling is injured and will miss 1-2 months with a broken hand
Jan 17th, Rick Dudley is injured and is out for 1-2 months with a lower-body injury
Jan 26th, Blaine Stoughton leading scorer of the Stingers is injured and is expected to miss 1-2 months with a lower-body injury

The Stingers have been plagued with injuries this season. Despite this, we sit comfortably in WHA division in second place.

Greenert11 · 05-29-2023, 12:00 PM

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Greenert11 · 05-29-2023, 12:16 PM

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Made a small trade with the Canadiens. Thommy Abrahamsson was a solid defender for us for almost 2 years but the Habs offered up Pat Hughes a young winger and we are trying to build a younger team around our core of Stoughton and Liut.

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Huge trade between the Nordiques and the Jets. This marks the end of the Hot Line of Bobby Hull, Hedberg, and Nilsson for the Jets but they get a much younger and equally skilled Marc Tardif the Nordiques also get all star Barry Long as a throw in.

Greenert11 · 05-30-2023, 01:02 PM

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March 23rd, Bobby Hull scored his 700th NHL goal vs the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-1 win
Ended the season strong taking second place in the WHA division, we will rematch against the Winnipeg Jets in the first round who are looking to take revenge from last year.

Greenert11 · 05-30-2023, 01:33 PM

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Greenert11 · 05-31-2023, 10:30 AM

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Well that's it for the Stingers this season, disappointing post-season run but not too bad of a season overall all things considered.

Greenert11 · 06-01-2023, 02:42 PM

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Congratulations to the Buffalo Sabres!

Greenert11 · 06-01-2023, 08:04 PM

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Onto season 3!

Greenert11 · 06-02-2023, 12:43 PM

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The Stingers were ranked as having the best draft of 1979. With our first 5 picks, we picked up:

Brian Propp
Rob Ramage
Jay Wells
Perry Turnbull
Doug Sulliman

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The Detroit Red Wings will play in their brand new arena this year with the opening of the Joe Louis Arena. It seats 19,275 spectators and will host the NHL All-Star Game later this year.

Greenert11 · 06-03-2023, 01:29 PM

Some notable retirements around the league this offseason are Stan Mikita, Gerry Cheevers, Tony Esposito, and Bernie Parent.
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Made somewhat of a big trade with the Canadiens, The Stingers currently lack center depth and have an abundance of wingers so we shipped off longtime player Rick Dudley for the young center Doug Risebrough. This marks the end of the "LSD" line with Blaine Stoughton and Rich LeDuc but was a necessary move to get younger.
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A second trade a few days later picking up 4th line center Jude Drouin from the Islanders for basically nothing, our center corps finally has some decent depth to it.
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Disappointing pre-season, the schedulers must hate us by putting us up against the Stanley cup champions three times in seven games. Hopefully we can turn it around during the regular season.

Greenert11 · 06-04-2023, 12:44 PM

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Oct 5th, Pekka Rautakallio is injured during the first game of the season is expected to miss 1-2 months, Rautakallio missed half of last year to injures so not off to a good start

Greenert11 · 06-05-2023, 11:49 AM

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Ken Dryden reached his 300th win
Phil Esposito scored his 700th goal
Bobby Orr hit his 1000th point becoming the first-ever defenseman to do so

Rough month for the Stingers, the 9-1 loss to the Oilers hurts the most as they are currently the second-worst team in the league, hope we can turn it around.

05-20-2023, 01:16 PM	#21
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Playoff Report 3

05-21-2023, 03:53 PM	#22
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Playoff Report 4 Congratulations to the Los Angeles Kings! Last edited by Greenert11; 05-21-2023 at 04:03 PM.

05-22-2023, 12:56 PM	#23
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Awards and All-Star Teams That concludes the first season!

05-23-2023, 12:57 AM	#24
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	1978 Off Season Somewhat of a big trade here. Philadelphia sends off 66-point second-line center Kindrachuk for top-pairing defensive defenseman Bill Hajt the other players are throw-ins. Picked up Stan Smyl 14th Overall. Our right wing depth right now is pretty good but it looks like he has a pretty good chance at cracking the opening night roster.

05-24-2023, 11:30 AM	#25
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Offseason moves, preview and preseason

05-25-2023, 12:29 PM	#26
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	October Recap Oct 27th, Pekka Rautakallio regarded to be our best defender is out for 2-3 months with a broken hand. These next couple of months without him will make or break the season. Last edited by Greenert11; 05-26-2023 at 01:23 PM.

05-26-2023, 01:03 PM	#27
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	November Recap Nov 2nd, Marcel Dionne Records a 8-point night (4G, 4A) in a 13-0 thrashing of the Washington Capitals. Dionne ends the month on pace to score 93 goals this season. Last edited by Greenert11; 05-26-2023 at 01:23 PM.

05-27-2023, 10:38 AM	#28
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	December Recap Dec 27th, Robbie Ftorek will miss 1-2 months from a concussion. Ftorek is the second team leader in points

05-28-2023, 11:02 AM	#29
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	January Recap Jan 14th, Ric Seiling is injured and will miss 1-2 months with a broken hand Jan 17th, Rick Dudley is injured and is out for 1-2 months with a lower-body injury Jan 26th, Blaine Stoughton leading scorer of the Stingers is injured and is expected to miss 1-2 months with a lower-body injury The Stingers have been plagued with injuries this season. Despite this, we sit comfortably in WHA division in second place. Last edited by Greenert11; 09-11-2023 at 01:11 PM.

05-29-2023, 12:00 PM	#30
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	1979 Challenge Cup

05-29-2023, 12:16 PM	#31
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	February Recap Made a small trade with the Canadiens. Thommy Abrahamsson was a solid defender for us for almost 2 years but the Habs offered up Pat Hughes a young winger and we are trying to build a younger team around our core of Stoughton and Liut. Huge trade between the Nordiques and the Jets. This marks the end of the Hot Line of Bobby Hull, Hedberg, and Nilsson for the Jets but they get a much younger and equally skilled Marc Tardif the Nordiques also get all star Barry Long as a throw in.

05-30-2023, 01:02 PM	#32
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	March and April Recap March 23rd, Bobby Hull scored his 700th NHL goal vs the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-1 win Ended the season strong taking second place in the WHA division, we will rematch against the Winnipeg Jets in the first round who are looking to take revenge from last year.

05-30-2023, 01:33 PM	#33
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Final Standings, Playoff Preview and Bracket

05-31-2023, 10:30 AM	#34
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Playoff Report 1 Well that's it for the Stingers this season, disappointing post-season run but not too bad of a season overall all things considered.

06-01-2023, 02:42 PM	#35
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Playoff Report Stanley Cup Finals Congratulations to the Buffalo Sabres!

06-01-2023, 08:04 PM	#36
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Awards and All-Star Teams Onto season 3!

06-02-2023, 12:43 PM	#37
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	1979 Off Season The Stingers were ranked as having the best draft of 1979. With our first 5 picks, we picked up: Brian Propp Rob Ramage Jay Wells Perry Turnbull Doug Sulliman The Detroit Red Wings will play in their brand new arena this year with the opening of the Joe Louis Arena. It seats 19,275 spectators and will host the NHL All-Star Game later this year. Last edited by Greenert11; 06-02-2023 at 03:10 PM.

06-03-2023, 01:29 PM	#38
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	Offseason moves, preview and preseason Some notable retirements around the league this offseason are Stan Mikita, Gerry Cheevers, Tony Esposito, and Bernie Parent. Made somewhat of a big trade with the Canadiens, The Stingers currently lack center depth and have an abundance of wingers so we shipped off longtime player Rick Dudley for the young center Doug Risebrough. This marks the end of the "LSD" line with Blaine Stoughton and Rich LeDuc but was a necessary move to get younger. A second trade a few days later picking up 4th line center Jude Drouin from the Islanders for basically nothing, our center corps finally has some decent depth to it. Disappointing pre-season, the schedulers must hate us by putting us up against the Stanley cup champions three times in seven games. Hopefully we can turn it around during the regular season.

06-04-2023, 12:44 PM	#39
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	October Recap Oct 5th, Pekka Rautakallio is injured during the first game of the season is expected to miss 1-2 months, Rautakallio missed half of last year to injures so not off to a good start Last edited by Greenert11; 06-05-2023 at 11:45 AM.

06-05-2023, 11:49 AM	#40
Greenert11 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 461	November Recap Ken Dryden reached his 300th win Phil Esposito scored his 700th goal Bobby Orr hit his 1000th point becoming the first-ever defenseman to do so Rough month for the Stingers, the 9-1 loss to the Oilers hurts the most as they are currently the second-worst team in the league, hope we can turn it around.