The Cincinnati Stingers were an ice hockey team based out of Cincinnati, Ohio that played in the World Hockey Association. They played from 1975 to 1979 at the Riverfront Coliseum and were the only major-league hockey team ever to play in Cincinnati. Image File history File links Cincinstingerslogo. ... World Hockey Association logo The 1975-76 WHA season was the fourth season of the now defunct World Hockey Association. ... World Hockey Association logo The 1978-79 WHA season was the seventh and last regular season of the now defunct World Hockey Association (WHA). ... U.S. Bank Arena (originally known as the Riverfront Coliseum and later known as The Crown and the Firstar Center) is an indoor arena located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio near the Ohio River. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area - City 206. ... World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area - City 206. ... World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... U.S. Bank Arena (originally known as the Riverfront Coliseum and later known as The Crown and the Firstar Center) is an indoor arena located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio near the Ohio River. ...
This is a list of players who have played at least one game for the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association from 1975-76 to 1978-79. ... A list of World Hockey Association (WHA) seasons 1972-73 WHA season | 1973-74 WHA season | 1974-75 WHA season | 1975-76 WHA season | 1976-77 WHA season | 1977-78 WHA season | 1978-79 WHA season See also Avco Cup List of NHL seasons List of pre-NHL seasons ...
Stinger Claude Larose (and the 1975 first round draft pick) would go on to score the first franchise goal at 12:45 in the second period when he batted one past former NHL star Gary Cheevers.
The game took place the day after the Cincinnati Reds had won the World Series and thousands of people who had Stingers tickets were drunk and disorderly from the baseball championship festivities that took place hours before the first puck dropped.
But with the exception of the Racers, Cincinnati faired quite well against the other clubs they played and the Stingers actually were in contention for a playoff berth until the final game of the season.
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