Scarborough Sting

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 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

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

Season standings

Last current roster 2000-01

Goalies
Number		Player
29		Tracy Cook
1		Keely Brown[11]

Defense
Number		Player
58		Dee Dee Tanguay
23		Coley Dosser
21		Sue Ann Van Damme[12][13]
19		Sandy Metzger
8		Diana Brown
6		Heather Morden
Forwards Number Player 91 Ashley Riggs 36 Heather Richardson [14] 27 Christianne Tremills 16 Bussie Wood 14 Karen Spence 12 Sharon Williamson [15] 11 Kate Foley 3 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] References ↑ http://www.whockey.com/team/chiefs/history.html ↑ Five Teams Added to COWHL,http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/new5.html ↑ http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/league.data ↑ NWHL Standings - 2000 02 26: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mstand.html ↑ NWHL Game Results, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/games_played.html ↑ 1999-2000 NWHL News Items, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mnews.html#NI-016 ↑ Sting hope to rebound in 2000, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html ↑ Roster 1998-99 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/sti.data ↑ Roster 1999-2000 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/sti.html ↑ Roster 2000-01:http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html ↑ 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 ↑ Van Damme, with 116 minutes penalty lead the league in that department in 1999-2000 season: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html ↑ 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 ↑ in 1999-2000 season, she missed 31 games due to injury: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html ↑ Williamson played for Mississauga Aeros (NWHL) in 1999-2000 season: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html ↑ http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html ↑ 1998-99 Scarborough Sting, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/sting.html ↑ Sting hope to rebound in 2000, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html External links 1998-99 Scarborough Sting Scarbourough Sharks the intermediate and other young level programs in Scarborough. See also National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) was in service between 1998 and 2007 v t e National Women's Hockey League Canadian Women's Hockey League Clarkson Cup Teams Quebec Avalanche Montreal Axion British Columbia Breakers Edmonton Chimos Etobicoke Dolphins Vancouver Griffins Oakville Ice Laval Le Mistral Calgary Oval X-Treme Saskatchewan Prairie Ice Ottawa Raiders Strathmore Rockies Scarborough Sting Toronto Sting Brampton Thunder Montreal Jofa Titan Minnesota Whitecaps Bonaventure Wingstar Montreal Wingstar Seasons 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 Category v t e Professional Women's Hockey seasons NWHL 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 CWHL 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 WWHL 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 Clarkson Cup 2009 2010 2011 2012