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.
Scarborough Sting | |
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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 |
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
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
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
Number | Player | |
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29 | Tracy Cook | |
1 | Keely Brown[11] | |
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 | |
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 | |
Former staff
See also
References
- "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, 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 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: 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.