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Scarborough Sting
City Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
League National Women's Hockey League
Division Western
Founded approximate in 1978
Home arena Mid Scarborough Arena & Malvern Arena
General manager Karen Spence
Head coach Michael Crawford and Blake Broke in 1998-99, Merlind Bartley in 2000-01
Captain Heather Richardson

The Scarborough Sting was a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Mid Scarborough Arena & Malvern Arena at Scarborough, in Ontario.

History[]

The Scarborough Sting was founded approximate in 1978 and played in Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (COWHL).[1] The club played several seasons in COWHL. The Scarborough Sting joined the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) in 1998-99.[2] The first season was difficult: 1 victory, 4 tie and 21 defeats in 40 games.[3] In 1999-2000, surprisingly, the Sting never won at home, collecting all of their points (3 wins and 3 ties) on the road.[4][5] Thursday, March 30, 2000 Scarborough Sting was face off against Japan National Team in Stouffville, Ontario: Japan 6-1 Scarborough Sting.[6] In 2000-01, the club re-organized and adopted the new name Toronto Sting .[7]

Season-by-season[]

See also: 1998–99 NWHL season, 1999–2000 NWHL season, and 2000–01 NWHL season
Year by year
Year GP W L T GF GA Pts
1998-99 40 1 37 2 32 224 4
1999-2000 40 3 34 3 49 170 9
2000–01 40 8 29 3 82 168 19

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

Season standings[]

Year Regular Season Playoffs
1998-99[8] 4th, Western Division no participation to playoff
1999-2000[9] 5th, Western Division no participation to playoff
2000-01[10] 4th, Western Division no participation to playoff

Last current roster 2000-01[]

Goalies
Number Player
29 Flag of Canada Tracy Cook
1 Flag of Canada Keely Brown

[11]

Defense
Number Player
58 Flag of Canada Dee Dee Tanguay
23 Flag of Canada Coley Dosser
21 Flag of Canada Sue Ann Van Damme

[12][13]

19 Flag of Canada Sandy Metzger
8 Flag of Canada Diana Brown
6 Flag of Canada Heather Morden
Forwards
Number Player
91 Flag of Canada Ashley Riggs
36 Flag of Canada Heather Richardson

[14]

27 Flag of Canada Christianne Tremills
16 Flag of Canada Bussie Wood
14 Flag of Canada Karen Spence
12 Flag of Canada Sharon Williamson

[15]

11 Flag of Canada Kate Foley
3 Flag of Canada Deandra Locicero

[16]

Former staff[]

  • General Manager: Karen Spence
  • Head Coach: in 1998 Michael Crawford and Blake Broker,[17] in 2000 Merlind Bartley. Brad Williams and Gordon Bullock was assistant coaches[18]

See also[]

References[]

  1. http://www.whockey.com/team/chiefs/history.html
  2. Five Teams Added to COWHL,http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/new5.html
  3. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/league.data
  4. NWHL Standings - 2000 02 26: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mstand.html
  5. NWHL Game Results, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/games_played.html
  6. 1999-2000 NWHL News Items, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mnews.html#NI-016
  7. Sting hope to rebound in 2000, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
  8. Roster 1998-99 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/sti.data
  9. Roster 1999-2000 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/sti.html
  10. Roster 2000-01:http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html
  11. Keely Bronw was few years playing for the Scarborough Sting and the Mississauga Ice Bears in the National Women's Hockey League, then she moved to Canadian National Ringette Team: http://www.ringettegoalies.com/keelys-bio.html
  12. Van Damme, with 116 minutes penalty lead the league in that department in 1999-2000 season: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
  13. From the University of Toronto, Sue Ann Van Damme was in 1997-98 League All-Star Teams in OUA Women's Hockey -- http://www.whockey.com/univ/oua/allstars/oua_1998.html
  14. in 1999-2000 season, she missed 31 games due to injury: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
  15. Williamson played for Mississauga Aeros (NWHL) in 1999-2000 season: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
  16. http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html
  17. 1998-99 Scarborough Sting, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/sting.html
  18. Sting hope to rebound in 2000, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html

External links[]



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