Cincinnati has the honor of most name changes in the C.H.L. They lasted for 3 years in the C.H.L.. Their first season, 1963/64, the team started out in Indianapolis as the Capitols. Only 9 games into the season, a gas explosion during an ice show destroyed the Indianapolis Coliseum. The Capitols parent club, the Detroit Red Wings, terminated their lease on the rink and moved the franchise to Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Wings then were shifted to Memphis for the 1964/65 season due to an inexperienced club and small crowds. Cincinnati returned to the C.H.L. in 1979 as the Stingers, due to the W.H.A. folding. The Stingers did not last very long dropping from the league in the first week of December, due to poor attendance and high rental fees. Once again Cincinnati returned to the league for the 1981/82 season as the Tigers along with their new parent club. Cincinnati then exited the league again for the final time after the 1981/82 season.
| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers - Team Records: |
| Regular Season Records | ||||||||||
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| Seasons | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1963/64 | 72 | 12 | 53 | 7 | 31 | 207 | 394 | 0 | 5th | Out of Playoffs |
| 1979/80 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 108 | 151 | 581 | 9th* | * |
| 1981/82 | 80 | 46 | 30 | 4 | 96 | 375 | 340 | 1768 | 2nd North | Lost Quarter-finals |
* Suspended operations on December 18, 1979
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| Seasons | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Finish |
| 1963/64 | - | - | - | - | - | Out of Playoffs |
| 1979/80 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1981/82 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | Lost Quarter-Finals |
| Adams Cup Playoff Results | |
| 1981/82 Season | |
| Quarter-Finals | |
| April 8 | Dallas 5 at Cincinnati 1 |
| April 10 | Dallas 3 at Cincinnati 8 |
| April 11 | Cincinnati 2 at Dallas 3 * |
| April 13 | Cincinnati 2 at Dallas 5 |
| Dallas wins series 3 games to 1 * overtime |
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| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers - Player Records: |
| Cincinnati Wings - 1963/64 Statistics |
Regular Season Name GP G A Pts PIM Howie Menard 69 25 37 62 75 Chick Balon + Norm Beaudin 54 19 30 49 14 Don Chiz 58 21 26 47 12 Bob Cox 67 16 31 47 98 Ken Laufman 55 19 27 46 6 Frank Hincks 63 10 23 33 8 Ray Ross 44 15 15 30 21 Dennis Kassian 45 12 18 30 16 Bob Wall 59 10 20 30 16 Roger Lafreniere 66 3 24 27 112 Barrie Ross + Ron Harris 66 4 21 25 129 Pete Shearer 49 9 9 18 26 Dennis Rathwell 29 9 8 17 26 Wayne Muloin 69 4 11 15 169 Alex Faulkner 11 4 8 12 6 Ron Leopold 20 3 9 12 16 Irv Spencer 23 3 8 11 34 Doug Messier 16 2 5 7 34 Jim Watson 61 2 5 7 36 Sid Finney 13 3 3 6 4 Bryan Campbell 5 1 3 4 2 Jack McIntyre 12 0 4 4 12 Jim Peters 5 3 0 3 0 Nick Libett 3 0 2 2 0 Max Mestinsek 1 1 0 1 0 Butch Paul 1 0 1 1 5 Jack Faulkner 3 0 1 1 0 Joe Daley 1 0 0 0 0 Bert Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Mitchell 2 0 0 0 0 Earl Heiskala 2 0 0 0 6 Harrison Gray 3 0 0 0 0 Hank Bassen 7 0 0 0 12 Bob Champoux 60 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------- Totals + Played on one or more teams |
Regular Season Name GP MIN GA ENG GAA SO SS W L T Joe Daley 1 3 3.00 0 Harrison Gray 3 10 3.33 0 Hank Bassen 7 39 5.51 0 Bob Champoux 60 342 5.60 1 Forfeit 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 ------------------------------------------------- Totals 72 394 1 12 53 7 St. Louis forfeited game to Indianapolis Capitols on September 12, 1963 |
| Cincinnati Stingers - 1979/80 Statistics |
Regular Season Name GP G A Pts PIM Bernie Saunders 29 13 11 24 16 John Bednarski 28 6 18 24 53 Jamie Masters 33 9 13 22 24 Clark Hamilton 28 8 13 21 22 Dale Yakiwchuk + 30 4 15 19 75 Jim Roberts 26 8 10 18 11 Don Kozak 33 10 7 17 68 Lars Zetterstrom 27 3 14 17 14 Dave Debol 10 8 8 16 2 Byron Shutt 23 8 6 14 42 Doug Patey + 14 5 9 14 2 Rob Garner 27 5 8 13 36 Dave Stewart 13 6 5 11 0 Ken Kuzyk + 17 3 7 10 0 Tim Sheehy 10 4 5 9 4 Steve Alley 10 3 6 9 12 Lex Hudson 32 1 6 7 21 Alex Tidey + 10 3 2 5 10 Larry Brown + 31 0 5 5 41 Paul Stewart + 20 1 2 3 79 Clayton Pachal 18 0 2 2 31 Jim Cunningham 5 0 1 1 5 Brent Hughes 11 0 1 1 0 Jim Bedard + 8 0 1 1 0 Bob Kelly + 2 0 0 0 5 Norm LaPointe 20 0 0 0 4 Larry Bolonchuk 1 0 0 0 4 Wayne Wood 12 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------- Totals 33 108 175 283 581 + Played on one or more teams The Cincinnati Stingers became only the second of four franchises to suspend operations during the season. |
Regular Season Name GP MIN GA ENG GAA SO SS W L T Norm Lapointe 20 1019 69 2 4.06 0 395 6 10 0 Wayne Wood 12 578 48 0 4.91 0 217 2 7 1 Jim Bedard 8 385 32 0 4.99 0 134 3 4 0 ------------------------------------------------- Totals 33 1997 151 2 4.54 0 746 11 21 1 |
| Cincinnati Tigers - 1981/82 Statistics |
Regular Season Playoffs Name GP G A Pts PIM ~ GP G A Pts PIM Reg Thomas 80 47 63 110 55 4 2 2 4 2 Bruce Boudreau 65 42 61 103 42 4 3 1 4 8 Ernie Godden 67 32 37 69 178 3 1 0 1 38 Gary Yaremchuk 53 21 35 56 101 4 0 2 2 4 Benoit LaPorte 76 24 31 55 86 3 1 0 1 22 Viteszlav Duris 66 14 41 55 57 - - - - - Paul Marshall 54 23 29 52 61 4 2 1 3 0 Frank Nigro 49 24 26 50 24 4 1 3 4 2 Ron Sedlbauer 73 27 20 47 49 4 3 0 3 0 Dave Shand 76 8 37 45 206 4 0 4 4 9 Greg Hotham 46 10 33 43 94 - - - - - Dave DeBol + 50 16 24 40 6 - - - - - Rick Blight + 37 16 23 39 21 - - - - - Christian Thellend 77 10 26 36 114 2 0 2 2 2 Bill McCreary 69 8 27 35 61 4 0 4 4 2 Norm Aubin 31 15 17 32 36 - - - - - Brian McCafferty 62 6 21 27 144 4 0 0 0 15 Mike Waghorne 64 9 17 26 110 2 0 0 0 27 Ron Zanussi 21 12 9 21 32 4 0 2 2 4 Dave Logan 53 4 12 16 199 4 0 0 0 36 John Smrke 45 6 7 13 4 4 0 0 0 25 John Gibson 6 1 2 3 30 - - - - - Bob Parent 65 0 3 3 36 3 0 0 0 6 Curt Ridley 22 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 Phil Drouillard 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - Jiri Crha 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - Doug Dragasevich 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - Craig Muni - - - - - 3 0 2 2 2 ------------------------------------------------------- Totals 80 375 601 976 1768 4 13 23 36 204 + Played on one or more teams Center Bruce Boudreau set a new CHL record for scoring in consecutive games, registering at least one point in 22 straight games during the regular season. |
Regular Season Playoffs Name GP MIN GA ENG GAA SO SS W L T ~GP MIN GA ENG GAA SO SS W L Doug Dragasevich 1 60 1 0 1.00 0 29 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - Bob Parent 65 3680 252 3 4.11 2 1652 34 24 3 3 180 13 0 4.33 0 69 1 2 Curt Ridley 22 1043 73 0 4.20 0 457 10 6 1 1 63 3 0 2.86 0 25 0 1 Jiri Crha 2 81 11 0 8.15 0 32 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 80 4875 340 3 4.18 2 2170 46 30 4 4 243 16 0 0 94 1 3 |
| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers All-Time Roster | ||
Name Position # Yrs. Played Steve Alley (LW) 11 1979/80 Normand Aubin (C) 4 1981/82 Chick Balon 1963/64 Hank Bassen (G) 1963/64 Norm Beaudin (RW) 1963/64 Jim Bedard (G) 1979/80 John Bednarski (D) 17 1979/80 Larry Bolonchuk (D) 1979/80 Bruce Boudreau (C) 19 1981/82 Larry Brown (D) 16 1979/80 Bryan Campbell (C) 1963/64 Bob Champoux (G) 1963/64 Don Chiz 1963/64 Bob Cox 1963/64 Jiri Crha (G) 1981/82 Jim Cunningham (LW) 8 1979/80 Joe Daley (G) 1963/64 Dave Debol (C) 11 79/80,81/82 Doug Dragasevich (G) 1981/82 Phil Drouillard 1981/82 Viteszlav Duris (D) 3 1981/82 Alex Faulker (C) 1963/64 Jack Faulkner 1963/64 Sid Finney (C) 1963/64 Rob Garner (C) 1979/80 John Gibson (D) 1981/82 Ernie Godden (C) 15 1981/82 Harrison Gray (G) 1963/64 Clark Hamilton (LW) 21 1979/80 Ron Harris (D) 1963/64 Earl Heiskala (LW) 1963/64 Frank Hincks 1963/64 Greg Hotham (D) 7 1981/82 Lex Hudson (D) 19 1979/80 Brent Hughes (D) 1979/80 Dennis Kassian (LW) 1963/64 Bob Kelly (LW) 20 1979/80 Don Kozak (RW) 5 1979/80 Ken Kuzyk (RW) 1979/80 Roger LaFreniere (LW) 1963/64 Norm LaPointe (G) 35 1979/80 Benoit LaPorte (LW) 12 1981/82 Ken Laufman 1963/64 Ron Leopold 1963/64 Nick Libett (LW) 1963/64 Dave Logan (D) 6 1981/82 |
Name Position # Yrs. Played Bert Marshall (D) 1963/64 Paul Marshall (LW) 16 1981/82 Jamie Masters (D) 9 1979/80 Brian McCafferty (D) 22 1981/82 Bill McCreary (LW) 10 1981/82 Jack McIntyre (LW) 1963/64 Howie Menard (C) 1963/64 Doug Messier 1963/64 Max Mestinsek 1963/64 Bill Mitchell (D) 1963/64 Wayne Muloin (D) 1963/64 Craig Muni (D) 1981/82 Frank Nigro (C) 18 1981/82 Clayton Pachal (C) 14 1979/80 Bob Parent (G) 30 1981/82 Doug Patey (RW) 4 1979/80 Butch Paul (C) 1963/64 Jim Peters (RW) 1963/64 Dennis Rathwell 1963/64 Curt Ridley (G) 1 1981/82 Jim Roberts (RW) 1979/80 Barrie Ross 1963/64 Ray Ross 1963/64 Bernie Saunders (RW) 12 1979/80 Ron Sedlbauer (LW) 14 1981/82 Dave Shand (D) 17 1981/82 Pete Shearer 1963/64 Tim Sheehy (RW) 15 1979/80 Byron Shutt (LW) 1979/80 John Smrke (LW) 24 1981/82 Irv Spencer (D) 1963/64 Dave Stewart 1979/80 Paul Stewart (LW) 2 1979/80 Christian Thelland (D) 5 1981/82 Reg Thomas (C) 21 1981/82 Alex Tidey (RW) 1979/80 Mike Waghorne (RW) 23 1981/82 Bob Wall (D) 1963/64 Jim Watson (D) 1963/64 Wayne Wood (G) 1 1979/80 Dale Yakiwchuk (C) 18 1979/80 Gary Yaremchuk (C) 9 1981/82 Ron Zanussi (RW) 1981/82 Lars Zetterstrom (D) 10 1979/80 |
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| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers - Front Office: |
1963/64 Cincinnati Wings
President - Bruce Norris (Detroit)
General Manager - Sid Abel (Detroit)
Farm Director - Jimmie Skinner (Detroit)
General Manager
1963/64
Johnny Mitchellphoto
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1963/64
Tony Leswickphoto
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1979/80 Cincinnati Stingers
Execuitve Vice President & General Manager - Ron Ryan
Chairman of Advisory Board - William O. DeWitt, Jr.
Director of Public Relations / Broadcaster - Ted Robinson
Bookeeping / Public Relations Assistant - Debbie Christian
General Manager
1979/80
Ron RyanCoach
1979/80
Al Karlander
1981/82 Cincinnati Tigers
Vice President / Business Manager - Terry Barthelmas
Director Ticket Service / Sales - Craig Dissinger
Director Public Relations / Marketing - Howard Cornfield
Administrative Assistant - Kelly Mofford
General Manager
(Toronto)
1981/82
George "Punch" ImlachCoach
1981/82
Doug Carpenter
| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers - General Information: |
N.H.L. Parent Clubs - Detroit Red Wings (1963/64);
Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Pittsburgh Penguins, Winnipeg Jets (1979/80); Toronto Maple Leafs (1981/82)
Team Colors - Red & White (1963/64); Stinger Yellow & Bumblebee Black & White (1979/80); Black, Yellow & Blue (1981/82)
Home Rinks - Cincinnati Garden (1963/64); Riverfront Coliseum (1979-82)
Rink Size - 200' x 90' (1963/64); 200' x 85' (1979-82)
Seating - 10,000 (1963/64); 15,794 (1979-82)
Ticket prices - $6.00, $5.00, $3.50 (1979/80); $6 adults, $5 youth, $3 Seniors (1981/82)
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| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers - Trophy Case: |
| 1981/82 First Team All-Star Left Wing Don Ashby Memorial Trophy (Iron Man Award) Reg Thomas |
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| 1981/82 Second Team All-Star Defenseman Dave Shand |
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| 1981/82 Second Team All-Star Center Bruce Boudreau |
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| Cincinnati Wings / Stingers / Tigers - Memorabilia: |
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BELOW IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE TULSA WORLD ON THE STINGERS DEMISE:
Lack of Fans Forces Cincinnati's CHL Team to Fold
Tulsa World - December 19, 1979
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Stinger officials and officials of the Central Hockey League formally folded the minor league hockey franchise after Tuesday night's 10-1 loss to Oklahoma City.
"It is with deep regret that I must announce that the Cincinnati Stingers are unable to continue and will cease operations effective immediately," Ronald Ryan, executive vice president and general manager, said in a prepared statement.
Cincinnati was to have played in Tulsa Friday. However, the Dallas Black Hawks will replace the Stingers for that game.
CHL officials will meet in Dallas Thursday to rearrange the schedule and possibly discuss realignment of the divisions.
Bud Poile, president of the Central Hockey League, said the Stingers told him Tuesday afternoon that the franchise could not carry on.
"At 3 p.m., they reached the point that they realized that the Stingers operation must fold," Poile said. "I am more embarrassed than disappointed. We've explored all possibilities and there's no way we can continue for this year."
"There is no way any team in our league can operate under these conditions, which include the highest hockey rent in the world - $7,300" per game in Riverfront Coliseum.
The Stingers' obligation to the league was $40,000 annually, Poile said, to cover travel expenses and league office expenses. He said the Stingers had paid half of that amount.
The Stingers, in last place in their division, never did develop enough fan support to keep the franchise alive. Tuesday night's game drew 949 fans.
With the withdrawal of Cincinnati, the second December foldup in the CHL in the past three years, the Eastern Division is down to three teams - Birmingham, Houston and Indianapolis.
With five teams in the west, it has been proposed that Salt Lake might be moved to the east. leaving the west comprised of Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Fort Worth.
Tulsa and Cincinnati were even on the season, 2-2-1. The Phoenix Roadrunners withdrew from the CHL in December of 1977.
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