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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]