Sarnia, Ontario is a town of 73,000 people sitting on the shores of Lake Huron, where it meets the St. Clair river and flows south to Lake Erie. In the heart of “Chemical Valley,” it’s easy to know when you’re approaching Sarnia by the brightly lit chemical, gas, and oil refineries surrounding the outskirts of the city.
A small town, blue-collar feel helps cement Sarnia’s place as a historically stereotypical OHL host city. The Sarnia Sting have called the town home since the 1994-95 season, when the Newmarket Royals were bought by NHLer Dino Ciccarelli and his brother Robert, and moved to their hometown (the brothers sold the team in 2015 to Derian Hatcher and David Legwand).