Sarnia Sting The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team based in Sarnia , Ontario , Canada . They are one of the 20 teams that make up the Ontario Hockey League . They play out of the RBC Centre ( formerly the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre ) . This 2014 - 2015 campaign marks the 20th anniversary of the Sarnia Sting . The Sting have done many different things this season as to reminiscing on the past 20 years . They had fans vote to whom they thought to be the best Sting player of all time . They organized a constructed bracket like the NCAA March Madness look and had 64 players go head to head until it dwindled down to Steven Stamkos and Alex Galchenyuk in the finals . In the end , Stamkos was voted on by the fans as the greatest Sarnia Sting player to wear the sweater . In January 2015 , Ottawa Senators forward David Legwand and former NHL defenseman Derian Hatcher entered an agreement to purchase the Sarnia Sting . History . The franchise was granted in 1969 as one of the inaugural teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . At the time , the team was located in Cornwall , Ontario and were known as the Cornwall Royals . During the team ' s tenure in the QMJHL the Royals won the Memorial Cup in 1972 , 1980 , and in 1981 . For the 1981 – 82 season , the team transferred to the Ontario Hockey League . In 1992 , the franchise moved again to Newmarket , Ontario to play as the Newmarket Royals . In 1994 , the team was bought by the Ciccarelli brothers and moved to Sarnia , Ontario . Robert Ciccarelli is the team ' s current president and governor . In 1999 – 2000 he was voted OHL Executive of the Year . The move of the OHL franchise also forced the Junior " B " Sarnia Bees to change their name to the Sarnia Steeplejacks . Championships . The Sarnia Sting are in quest of their first J . Ross Robertson Cup and first Memorial Cup . In 1996 – 97 was the closest the team came to the OHL Championship , but lost in the quarter - finals to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 . The lone title so far came in the 2003 – 04 season , when the team won the OHL West Division , winning the Bumbacco Trophy , but were later eliminated in the first round of the playoffs . " Multiple seasons in parentheses . " Players . Award winners . Bobby Smith Trophy < br > Scholastic player of the year . CHL Rookie of the Year < br > CHL Rookie of the Year . Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy < br > OHL Top Point Scorer . Emms Family Award < br > OHL Rookie of the Year . F . W . " Dinty " Moore Trophy < br > Best rookie goalie GAA . Ivan Tennant Memorial Award < br > Top academic high school player . Jack Ferguson Award < br > First overall draft pick . Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy < br > Top scoring Right Winger . Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy < br > Overage player of the year . OHL Executive of the Year < br > Top executive in the OHL . Retired numbers . None to date . There are currently no retired numbers ; however there are banners in honour of Shawn Burr and Kerry Fraser Banners that were once hung , but have since been taken down , include the ones of Aaron Brand and Peter Sarno who both won OHL scoring titles Trevor Letowski , who all participated at IIHF World U20 Championship s in 1997 , Danny Fritsche who won gold with the United States men ' s national junior ice hockey team in 2004 and Steven Stamkos who paticipated in 2008 Yearly results . Regular season . Legend : OT = Overtime loss , SL = Shootout loss Jerseys and Logos . The original Sarnia Sting jersey ( worn from 1994 / 95 - 1998 / 99 ) showed a bee playing hockey with its stinger poised . The team ' s colours were black , white and silver . An alternate jersey ( worn from 1997 / 98 - 1998 / 99 ) had a yellow background and a bee holding a stick about the Sarnia name on the chest . The current jerseys include a white jersey with a bee in the center and a black jersey with " Sarnia " written across the front . During the first half of the season , the team wears the white uniform at home while during the second half of the season they wear the black uniform at home . During the 2012 offseason the team held a contest to design the team ' s alternate jersey for the season . The is yellow with black and white stripes down the arm . The logo is round and includes a picture of the Bluewater Bridges in the background with a bee in the center . Around the bridges and the bee it is inscribed " Sarnia Sting " on top and " Hockey Club " on the bottom . Arenas . Relocation from Newmarket , Ontario , in 1994 , was made on the promise that a new arena would be built in Sarnia . In the meantime the team played their first three seasons at Sarnia Arena located in the downtown area . In 1997 – 98 the Sting played their first season at their new home ; The Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre ( now known as the RBC Centre ) . It ' s a more modern facility with private boxes and many other amenities . The new building also hosted the Ontario Hockey League All Star Game in 1999 , and the RE / Max Canada - Russia Challenge in 2004 .