Steve Stirling

James Steven Stirling (born November 19, 1949) is a scout with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He is the former head coach of the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the Springfield Falcons and the National Hockey League's New York Islanders.

This article is about the hockey coach. For the science fiction author, see S. M. Stirling.

Steve Stirling
Boston Braves 1973
Born (1949-11-19) November 19, 1949
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coached for Norfolk Admirals
Springfield Falcons
New York Islanders
Iserlohn Roosters
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Babson College
Providence College
Lowell Lock Monsters
Playing career 1971–1977
Coaching career 1978–2017

Career

Before coaching the Norfolk Admirals to their worst finish in franchise history, Stirling spent a season and a half as coach of the New York Islanders before his dismissal in January 2006, though he led the Islanders to an impressive record of 38–29–11–4 in his first season as an NHL head coach. In the NHL playoffs, the Islanders were beaten by the eventual Stanley Cup-winning Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

Stirling has also played centre for various teams in the NCAA, AHL and NAHL. He was the firsthead coach of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, where he led Bridgeport to a Regular Season title in his first season. He also coached the Springfield Falcons, Babson College and Providence College and as assistant coach of the Islanders and the Lowell Lock Monsters. While in college, Stirling never had a losing season. He is also one of the few people to coach at three different levels of NCAA hockey.

After the disappointing season with the Admirals, general manager Jay Feaster announced that Stirling would not be the coach heading into the 2008–09 AHL season. Stirling was given a job as a scout for the team. On June 16, 2008, the German DEL club Iserlohn Roosters announced that Stirling had signed a two-year contract as its head coach. After 44 games and an 0–6 series, he was dismissed by the Roosters on February 5, 2009.

Stirling was signed as an assistant coach of the Binghamton Senators (the Ottawa Senators' farm team) in 2009. The Binghamton Senators won the AHL's Calder Cup one season later.

Personal

Stirling is the father of former minor-league goaltender Scott Stirling and former Professional Head Coach Todd Stirling, who coached the Danbury Trashers.[1]

Head-coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Babson Beavers (ECAC 2) (1978–1983)
1978–79 Babson 15–8–011–8–0T–13th
1979–80 Babson 17–8–315–7–28thECAC 2 East Quarterfinals
1980–81 Babson 14–10–011–9–014thECAC 2 East Quarterfinals
1981–82 Babson 20–7–216–4–14thNCAA Quarterfinals
1982–83 Babson 22–8–115–4–14thNCAA 4th Place
Babson: 88–41–668–32–4
Providence Friars (ECAC Hockey) (1983–1984)
1983–84 Providence 21–12–212–7–2t-5thECAC Quarterfinals
Providence: 21–12–212–7–2
Providence Friars (Hockey East) (1984–1985)
1984–85 Providence 23–17–515–14–53rdNCAA Runner-Up
Providence: 23–17–515–14–5
Babson Beavers (ECAC East) (1985–1993)
1985–86 Babson 20–8–114–6–13rdNCAA Quarterfinals
1986–87 Babson 20–8–115–6–03rdNCAA Quarterfinals
1987–88 Babson 23–9–019–5–02ndNCAA Semifinals
1988–89 Babson 19–10–117–7–04thNCAA Semifinals
1989–90 Babson 19–4–815–1–41stNCAA Semifinals
1990–91 Babson 20–8–014–6–03rdNCAA 3rd Place
1991–92 Babson 20–5–316–3–34thNCAA Quarterfinals
1992–93 Babson 17–8–117–4–12ndNCAA Quarterfinals
Babson: 158–60–15
Total:290–120–28

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NHL
TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTOTLPtsFinishResult
NYI2003–04 823829114913rd in AtlanticLost in First round (TB)
NYI2005–06 421822–2(78)4th in Atlantic(fired)
Total1245651116

Awards and honors
Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1970–71 [2]
AHCA East All-American 1970–71 [3]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Second Team 1971
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1971 [4]

References
  1. "Sound Tigers Steve & Scott Stirling Interview - Hockey's Future".
  2. "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  4. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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