2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts


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.
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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, and Northern Ontario receiving a separate berth from southern Ontario.
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:

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 results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.

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.

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''

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are as follows:
;All-Star Teams
First Team
Second Team
;Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award
;Joan Mead Builder Award
  • Bernadette McIntyre, volunteer, former chair and executive vice-chair of Scotties host committees