Scarborough Sting

Scarborough Sting
CityScarborough, Canada
LeagueNational Women's Hockey League
DivisionWestern
Foundedapproximate in 1990's
Folded2001
Home arenaMid Scarborough & Malvern
ColoursDark blue and white
General managerKaren Spence
Head coachMichael Crawford and Blake Broke in 1998-99, Merlind Bartley in 2000-01
CaptainHeather 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

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

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 Canada Tracy Cook
1 Canada Keely Brown[11]
Defense
Number Player
58 Canada Dee Dee Tanguay
23 Canada Coley Dosser
21 Canada Sue Ann Van Damme[12][13]
19 Canada Sandy Metzger
8 Canada Diana Brown
6 Canada Heather Morden
Forwards
Number Player
91 Canada Ashley Riggs
36 Canada Heather Richardson[14]
27 Canada Christianne Tremills
16 Canada Bussie Wood
14 Canada Karen Spence
12 Canada Sharon Williamson[15]
11 Canada Kate Foley
3 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. ^ "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 Archived 2012-07-21 at archive.today
  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]