Steve Stirling

Steve Stirling
Date of birth	November 9, 1949
place of birth	Clarkson , Ontario , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	74 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1968-1971	Boston University
1971-1974	Boston Braves
1974-1975	Rochester Americans
1975-1976	Broome Dusters
1976-1977	Viennese EV

Steve Stirling (born November 9, 1949 in Clarkson , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey coach who has been an assistant coach behind the gang since 2010 with the Binghamton Senators from the American Hockey League . Before his coaching career, he was active as a player in North America and Europe .

Career as a player

Steve Stirling began his career in 1968 at Boston University , where he played as a center . In his third year he was the top scorer of his team and led it as captain to win the NCAA championship.

From the 1971/72 season he played three years for the Boston Braves in the AHL before the team disbanded. He spent the next two seasons with the Rochester Americans in the AHL and the Broome Dusters in the NAHL . In the 1976/77 season Stirling was active in Austria for the Vienna EV and at the end of the season played three play-off games for Rochester. He then ended his playing career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1971 NCAA championship with Boston University

Career statistics

				Main round						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
1968/69	Boston University	NCAA		29	13	20th	33	12
1969/70	Boston University	NCAA		27	20th	31	51	15th
1970/71	Boston University	NCAA		31	27	43	70	20th
1971/72	Boston Braves	AHL		58	18th	13	31	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1972/73	Boston Braves	AHL		76	20th	21st	41	22nd		9	3	3	6th	12
1973/74	Boston Braves	AHL		75	14th	24	38	30th		-	-	-	-	-
1974/75	Rochester Americans	AHL		68	14th	11	25th	16		12	1	2	3	8th
1974/75	Broome Dusters	NEAR		7th	1	3	4th	0		-	-	-	-	-
1975/76	Rochester Americans	AHL		6th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1975/76	Broome Dusters	NEAR		63	24	42	66	35		-	-	-	-	-
1976/77	Viennese EV	OIL		?	17th	19th	36	?
1976/77	Rochester Americans	AHL		-	-	-	-	-		3	0	0	0	0
AHL total				283	66	69	135	74		24	4th	5	9	20th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Career as a coach

Steve Stirling's first coaching station was the university team at Babson College , which he coached from 1978 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1993. From 1983 to 1985 he was the coach of the Providence College team with which he was champion of Hockey East in his sophomore year and was defeated in the final of the NCAA championship against Rensselaer.

After a five-year hiatus, he became assistant coach of the Lowell Lock Monsters in the 1998/99 season , with whom he stayed for three years. In the 2001/02 season he trained the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and was the first time head coach of a professional team. In his first year he reached the final of the Calder Cup and stayed in the AHL for another year before the New York Islanders from the NHL appointed him their new coach. His team reached the play-offs, but was beaten by the eventual Stanley Cup winner Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the Conference quarter-finals. After the 2004/05 season was canceled due to the lockout , Stirling was back in Long Island for the 2005/06 season behind the gang. Here he was released in January 2006, so that his time in the best ice hockey league in the world was over. The next year he was coach of the Springfield Falcons in the AHL and then moved to the Norfolk Admirals . Here he experienced a disappointing season, which ended with the worst result in the history of the Admirals. After the club only offered him a job as a scout , he decided to move to Europe .

He signed a two-year contract with the Iserlohn Roosters from the DEL and thus succeeded Rick Adduono , with whom he played in a team between 1975 and 1977. In the Sauerland he was given leave of absence after 44 games, so that he was no longer active as the head coach of the Roosters. After the Canadian worked as the head coach of SHC Fassa from the A1 series in the 2009/10 season , he took over the role of assistant coach for the Binghamton Senators from the American Hockey League for the following season .

Club statistics

season	team	league
1978/79	Babson College	NCAA
1979/80	Babson College	NCAA
1980/81	Babson College	NCAA
1981/82	Babson College	NCAA
1982/83	Babson College	NCAA
1983/84	Providence College	NCAA
1984/85	Providence College	NCAA
1985/86	Babson College	NCAA
1986/87	Babson College	NCAA
1987/88	Babson College	NCAA
1988/89	Babson College	NCAA
1989/90	Babson College	NCAA
1992/93	Babson College	NCAA
1998/99	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL
1999/00	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL
2000/01	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL
2001/02	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL
2002/03	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL
2003/04	New York Islanders	NHL
2005/06	New York Islanders	NHL
2006/07	Springfield Falcons	AHL
2008/09	Norfolk Admirals	AHL
2008/09	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL

Others

When the film Slap Shot was shot in Johnstown , Pennsylvania in 1976 , the producers were looking for some real ice hockey players to portray the fictional team of the "Charlestown Chiefs". The choice fell on some players from the Broome Dusters from Binghamton , including Stirling, so that he can be seen in the film for a few seconds when Paul Newman delivers a fight with the opposing goalkeeper.

Web links

• Steve Stirling at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Steve Stirling at hockeydb.com (English)