Ice hockey team in Scarborough, Canada
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 .
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]
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.
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 [ edit ] [ 16]
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] ^ "Mississauga Chiefs AAA History" . ^ 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, [1] [usurped] ^ 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 Archived 2012-07-21 at archive.today ^ 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 ^ Van Damme, with 116 minutes penalty lead the league in that department in 1999-2000 season: [2] [usurped] ^ 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: [3] [usurped] ^ Williamson played for Mississauga Aeros (NWHL) in 1999-2000 season: [4] [usurped] ^ [5] [usurped] ^ 1998-99 Scarborough Sting, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/sting.html ^ Sting hope to rebound in 2000, [6] [usurped]