Steve Stirling

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

Steve Stirling
File:Steve Stirling 1973.jpg Boston Braves 1973
Born	(1949-11-19) November 19, 1949 Toronto, Ontario
Current position	Binghamton Senators
Previous team(s)	Norfolk Admirals Springfield Falcons New York Islanders Iserlohn Roosters Bridgeport Sound Tigers Babson College Providence College Lowell Lock Monsters
Years as a coach	2003–present
Years as an NHL coach	2003–2006

Steve Stirling (born November 19, 1949 in Clarkson, Ontario, Canada) is an assistant coach of the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League. He is the former head coach of the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals, the Springfield Falcons, and the National Hockey League's New York Islanders. Most recently, he has been working as head coach for the Iserlohn Roosters in Germany.

Before coaching the Admirals to their worst finish in franchise history, he spent a season and a half as coach of the Islanders before his dismissal in January 2006. During his rookie campaign in the NHL, Stirling led the Islanders to a pretty impressive record of 38–29–11–4. In the NHL playoffs, Stirling's Islanders were beaten by the eventual Stalnley Cup winning Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

He has also played centre for various teams in the NCAA, AHL and NAHL. He has previously served as head coach of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Springfield Falcons, Babson College, and Providence College and as assistant coach of the Islanders and the Lowell Lock Monsters.

After the disappointing season with the Admirals, general manager Jay Feaster announced that Steve Stirling would not be the coach heading into the 2008–2009 AHL season. Stirling has been given a job as a scout for the hockey club. On June 16 the German DEL club Iserlohn Roosters announced that Stirling signed a 2-year contract as their head coach. After 44 games and a 0–6 series he was dismissed by the German DEL-Club on February 5, 2009.

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

Personal

He is the father of former minor league goaltender Sott Stirling.

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
NYI	2003–04	82	38	29	11	4	91	3rd in Atlantic	Lost in First round (TB)
NYI	2005–06	42	18	22	–	2	(78)	4th in Atlantic	(fired)
Total		124	56	51	11	6

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1970–71
AHCA East All-American	1970–71
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Second Team	1971
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1971

External links

Steve Stirling's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Peter Laviolette	Head coach of the New York Islanders 2003–06	Succeeded by Brad Shaw