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 Arena & 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).http://www.whockey.com/team/chiefs/history.html The club played several seasons in COWHL. The Scarborough Sting joined the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) in 1998-99.Five Teams Added to COWHL,http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/new5.html The first season was difficult: 1 victory, 4 tie and 21 defeats in 40 games.http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/league.data In 1999-2000, surprisingly, the Sting never won at home, collecting all of their points (3 wins and 3 ties) on the road.NWHL Standings - 2000 02 26: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mstand.htmlNWHL Game Results, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/games_played.html Thursday, March 30, 2000 Scarborough Sting was face off against Japan National Team in Stouffville, Ontario: Japan 6-1 Scarborough Sting.1999-2000 NWHL News Items, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mnews.html#NI-016 In 2000-01, the club re-organized and adopted the new name Toronto Sting .Sting hope to rebound in 2000, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
==Season-by-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
1998-99Roster 1998-99 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/sti.data 	4th, Western Division	no participation to playoff
1999-2000Roster 1999-2000 and stats: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1999-00/sti.html	5th, Western Division	no participation to playoff
2000-01Roster 2000-01:http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html 	4th, Western Division	no participation to playoff
==Last current roster 2000-01==
Goalies
Number		Player
29 		Tracy Cook
1 		Keely Brown
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
Defense
Number		Player
58 		Dee Dee Tanguay
23 		Coley Dosser
21 		Sue Ann Van Damme
Van Damme, with 116 minutes penalty lead the league in that department in 1999-2000 season: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.htmlFrom 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
19 		Sandy Metzger
8 		Diana Brown
6 		Heather Morden
Forwards
Number		Player
91 		Ashley Riggs
36 		Heather Richardson
in 1999-2000 season, she missed 31 games due to injury: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
27 		Christianne Tremills
16 		Bussie Wood
14 		Karen Spence
12 		Sharon Williamson
Williamson played for Mississauga Aeros (NWHL) in 1999-2000 season: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
11 		Kate Foley
3 		Deandra Locicero
http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_tor.html
==Former staff==
* General Manager: Karen Spence
* Head Coach: in 1998 Michael Crawford and Blake Broker,1998-99 Scarborough Sting, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/sting.html in 2000 Merlind Bartley. Brad Williams and Gordon Bullock was assistant coachesSting hope to rebound in 2000, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_tor.html
==See also==
* National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007) (NWHL)
==References==
==External links==
* 1998-99 Scarborough Sting
* Scarbourough Sharks the intermediate and other young level programs in Scarborough.
Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Canada
Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada
Category:Ice hockey teams in Ontario
Category:National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007) teams