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 & Malvern Arena at Scarborough, in Ontario.
History The Scarborough Sting was founded approximate in 1990's and played in Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (COWHL). The club played several seasons in COWHL. The Scarborough Sting joined the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) in 1998-99.Five Teams Added to COWHL, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/new5.html The first season was difficult: 1 victory, 4 tie and 21 defeats in 40 games. In 1999-2000, surprisingly, the Sting never won at home, collecting all of their points (3 wins and 3 ties) on the road.NWHL Standings - 2000 02 26: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mstand.htmlNWHL Game Results, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/games_played.html Thursday, March 30, 2000 Scarborough Sting was face off against Japan National Team in Stouffville, Ontario: Japan 6-1 Scarborough Sting.1999-2000 NWHL News Items, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mnews.html#NI-016 In 2000-01, the club re-organized and adopted the new name Toronto Sting .Sting hope to rebound in 2000
Season-by-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 92000–01 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
YearRegular seasonPlayoffs1998-99Roster 1998-99 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/sti.data4th, Western Divisionno participation to playoff1999-2000Roster 1999-2000 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/sti.html5th, Western Divisionno participation to playoff2000-01Roster 2000-01:http://www.canoe.com/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html 4th, Western Divisionno participation to playoff
Last current roster 2000-01
+ GoaliesNumberPlayer29Tracy Cook1Keely BrownKeely Brown played for the Scarborough Sting and the Mississauga Ice Bears in the National Women's Hockey League for several years, then moved to the Canadian National Ringette Team: http://www.ringettegoalies.com/keelys-bio.html +DefenseNumberPlayer58Dee Dee Tanguay23Coley Dosser21Sue Ann Van DammeFrom 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.html19Sandy Metzger8Diana Brown6Heather Morden + ForwardsNumberPlayer91Ashley Riggs36Heather Richardson 27Christianne Tremills16Bussie Wood14Karen Spence12Sharon Williamson 11Kate Foley3Deandra LociceroToronto Sting Roster
Former staff General Manager: Karen Spence Head Coach: in 1998 Michael Crawford and Blake Broker,1998-99 Scarborough Sting, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/sting.html in 2000 Merlind Bartley. Brad Williams and Gordon Bullock was assistant coaches
See also National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007) (NWHL)
References
External links 1998-99 Scarborough Sting Scarbourough Sharks the intermediate and other young level programs in Scarborough.