1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts


The 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 23 to March 2, 1991 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The total attendance was a then-record 72,245, which more than doubled the previous mark set in.
Team British Columbia, who was skipped by Julie Sutton won the event after defeating New Brunswick in the final 7–5. This was BC's seventh title overall and the first of two titles won by Sutton, who also won as a third in. This was also New Brunswick's last playoff appearance until.
The Sutton rink would go onto represent Canada at the 1991 Canada Safeway World Women's Curling Championship on home soil in Winnipeg, Manitoba where they got the silver medal after losing to Norway in the final. Additionally, they also would represent Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics held in Albertville, France since there were no Olympic Trials for the 1992 games.
The 121 blank ends in the event set a new tournament record for the most blank ends in a single tournament, which was tied the and to date remains a record. Yukon/Northwest Territories 7–6 victory over Prince Edward Island in the opening draw of the event was the fifth game to go into a second extra end and the third straight tournament in which this occurred.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings
TeamSkip
Julie Sutton10171504737101672%
Heidi Hanlon837568464551069%
Heather Houston748656513652073%
Deb Shermack7470504038111073%
Sandra Peterson746748423291372%
Alison Goring656363404291373%
Colleen Jones5677524437171673%
Kathie Allardyce566565404717966%
Anna Lidgren475787414771063%
Francine Poisson38558634497863%
Angela Roberts2948753946131163%
Cathy Cunningham29478136445865%

Round Robin results

All draw times are in Central Standard Time.

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 23, 1:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, February 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 24, 1:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, February 24, 7:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, February 25, 9:00 am''

Draw 6

''Monday, February 25, 1:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, February 25, 7:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, February 26, 9:00 am''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, February 26, 1:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, February 26, 7:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, February 27, 9:00 am''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, February 27, 1:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Thursday, February 28, 1:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

Round 1

''Friday, March 1, 9:00 am''

Round 2

''Friday, March 1, 1:30 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm''

Final

''Saturday, March 2, 1:30 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Awards

The all-star team and sportsmanship award winners were as follows:

Vera Pezer Award

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sportsmanship Award is presented to the curler who best embodies the spirit of curling at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The winner was selected in a vote by all players at the tournament.
Prior to 1998, the award was named after a notable individual in the curling community where the tournament was held that year. For this edition, the award was named after Vera Pezer, who is considered to be one of the most accomplished women's curlers of all-time. Pezer skipped a then-record four women's championships, including three straight from to, which was a record at the time as well.
NameTeamPosition
Alison GoringSkip