Scarborough Sting

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Ice hockey team in Scarborough, Canada

Scarborough Sting

City| Scarborough, Canada
League| National Women's Hockey League
Division| Western
Founded| approximate in 1990's
Folded| 2001
Home arena| Mid Scarborough & Malvern
Colours| Dark blue and white
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 & Malvern Arena at Scarborough, in Ontario.

## History[edit]

The Scarborough Sting was founded approximate in 1990's 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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

Year  | Regular Season  | Playoffs

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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[edit]

Goalies  Number  |  | Player

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29 |  | Tracy Cook
1 |  | Keely Brown[11]
Defense  Number  |  | Player

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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

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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

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## Former staff[edit]

* 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[edit]

* National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007) (NWHL)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mississauga Chiefs AAA History".
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, [1][usurped]
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 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
12. ^ Van Damme, with 116 minutes penalty lead the league in that department in 1999-2000 season: [2][usurped]
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: [3][usurped]
15. ^ Williamson played for Mississauga Aeros (NWHL) in 1999-2000 season: [4][usurped]
16. ^ [5][usurped]
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, [6][usurped]

## External links[edit]

* 1998-99 Scarborough Sting
* Scarbourough Sharks the intermediate and other young level programs in Scarborough.

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