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The Scarborough Sting was a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League

National Women's Hockey League

The National Women's Hockey League was a women's ice hockey league. This League was in service between 1999 and 2007.-History:The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. After the old COWHL dropped down to three teams in 1997-98, the new league expanded to...

(NWHL). The team played its home games in Mid Scarborough & Malvern Arena at Scarborough

Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

, in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

History

The Scarborough Sting was founded approximate in 1978 and played in Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (COWHL). The club played several seasons in COWHL. The Scarborough Sting joined the National Women's Hockey League

National Women's Hockey League

(NWHL) 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 (3 wins and 3 ties) on the road . Thursday, March 30, 2000 Scarborough Sting was face off against Japan National Team in Stouffville

Stouffville, Ontario

Stouffville is the primary urban area within the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersection of Main Street, Mill Street and Market Street.-History:...

, Ontario: Japan 6-1 Scarborough Sting. In 2000-01, the club re-organized and adopted the new name Toronto Sting .

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
1998-99	4rd, Western Division	no participation to playoff
1999-2000	5rd, Western Division	no participation to playoff
2000-01	4rd, Western Division	no participation to playoff

Last current Roster 2000-01

Goalies
Number		\|Player
29	Canada	Tracy Cook
1	Canada	Keely Brown

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Canada
|align=center|Heather Morden
|-
{|
!colspan=2 |Forwards
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
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Canada
|align=center|Deandra Locicero
|-
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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

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