In 1981, the Belleville Bobcats of the Metro Junior B Hockey League moved to Trenton.

In 1989, the team moved over to the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League that season, in which they stayed until 1995.

To fill the void in the Junior "C" loop, the Sting created a farm team known as the Brighton Buzz.

The Sting were sold to a private group and changed their name to the Quinte West Pack.

[1] Effective noon January 8, 2009, the Trenton Hercs folded for the remainder of the 2008-09 season.