The 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 14 to 22 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The winners represented Canada at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan.
Changes to competition format
Alongside the announcement of Moose Jaw as host in November 2013, it was announced that the tournament would expand to 15 teams, including Nunavut being invited to participate for the first time, Yukon and the Northwest Territories receiving separate berths (after having previously fielded a joint team), and Northern Ontario receiving a separate berth from southern Ontario (as has been the case in the Brier).
Ten teams were to advance directly to the main draw. The remaining would compete in a pre-tournament qualifier, with the top two teams advancing to the main draw. The team who finishes last in the round robin round of the main draw would be relegated to the pre-qualifier in the following year's tournament.
Nunavut would decline its invitation to the Scotties and Brier for 2015, with the pre-qualifier thus reformatted to use a play-in game
Teams
After winning the 2013 & 2014 Scotties, Rachel Homan returns again as skip of Team Canada, this time with a new teammate in Joanne Courtney at second. She replaces Alison Kreviazuk who moved to Sweden to be with her partner, Fredrik Lindberg. Courtney played in the 2014 Scotties for Alberta's Val Sweeting rink who returns with a new third in Lori Olson-Johns. They were the silver medalists last year after having lost to Homan in the final. After missing the Scotties last year for the Olympics, where she received a gold medal, Jennifer Jones and her team from Manitoba look to capture her fifth Scotties title. The other favourite is Team Stefanie Lawton, representing Saskatchewan. Although they have never won the Scotties, they have placed 4th four times in previous Scotties tournaments. They are also three-time Canada Cup winners, four-time Grand Slam winners, and are playing on home ice in Saskatchewan.
The teams are listed as follows:
CTRS ranking
Map of teams
Pre-qualifying competition
The pre-qualifying competition consisted of a single round robin between the three teams; the two teams with the best records advanced to a play-in game on February 14, whose winner advanced to the main draw.
Round robin standings
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).
Draw 1
Thursday, February 12, 7:00 pm
Draw 2
Friday, February 13, 8:00 am
Draw 3
Friday, February 13, 3:30 pm
Pre-qualifying final
Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).
Draw 1
Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm
Draw 2
Saturday, February 14, 7:00 pm
Draw 3
Sunday, February 15, 9:00 am
Draw 4
Sunday, February 15, 2:00 pm
Draw 5
Sunday, February 15, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Monday, February 16, 9:00 am
Draw 7
Monday, February 16, 2:00 pm
Draw 8
Monday, February 16, 7:00 pm
Draw 9
Tuesday, February 17, 2:00 pm
Draw 10
Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 pm
Draw 11
Wednesday, February 18, 9:00 am
Draw 12
Wednesday, February 18, 2:00 pm
Draw 13
Wednesday, February 18, 7:00 pm
Draw 14
Thursday, February 19, 9:00 am
Draw 15
Thursday, February 19, 2:00 pm
Draw 16
Thursday, February 19, 7:00 pm
Draw 17
Friday, February 20, 9:00 am
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
Friday, February 20, 7:00 pm
3 vs. 4
Saturday, February 21, 10:00 am
Semifinal
Saturday, February 21, 3:00 pm
Bronze medal game
Sunday, February 22, 2:00 pm
Final
Sunday, February 22, 7:00 pm
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Round robin only
Perfect games
Awards
The awards and all-star teams are as follows:
- All-Star Teams
First Team
- Skip: Stefanie Lawton, Saskatchewan
- Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Manitoba
- Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
- Lead: Dawn McEwen, Manitoba
Second Team
- Skip: Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
- Third: Lori Olson-Johns, Alberta
- Second: Stephanie Schmidt, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Lisa Weagle, Team Canada
- Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award
- Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan
- Joan Mead Builder Award
- Bernadette McIntyre, volunteer, former chair and executive vice-chair of Scotties host committees
Provincial and territorial playdowns
- 2015 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
References
External links
- Official website
