Scarborough Sting
The Scarborough Sting was a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League. The team played its home games in Mid Scarborough & Malvern Arena at Scarborough, in Ontario.
History
The Scarborough Sting was founded approximate in 1978 and played in Central Ontario Women's Hockey League. The club played several seasons in COWHL. The Scarborough Sting joined the National Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. The first season was difficult: 1 victory, 4 tie and 21 defeats in 40 games. In 1999-2000, surprisingly, the Sting never won at home, collecting all of their points on the road. Thursday, March 30, 2000 Scarborough Sting was face off against Japan National Team in Stouffville, Ontario: Japan 6-1 Scarborough Sting. In 2000-01, the club re-organized and adopted the new name Toronto Sting .Season-by-season
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 | 4th, Western Division | no participation to playoff |
1999-2000 | 5th, Western Division | no participation to playoff |
2000-01 | 4th, Western Division | no participation to playoff |
Last current roster 2000-01
Number | Player | |
29 | Tracy Cook | |
1 | Keely Brown |
Number | Player | |
91 | Ashley Riggs | |
36 | Heather Richardson | |
27 | Christianne Tremills | |
16 | Bussie Wood | |
14 | Karen Spence | |
12 | Sharon Williamson | |
11 | Kate Foley | |
3 | Deandra Locicero |
Former staff
- General Manager: Karen Spence
- Head Coach: in 1998 Michael Crawford and Blake Broker, in 2000 Merlind Bartley. Brad Williams and Gordon Bullock was assistant coaches