The 2015

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was held from February 14 to 22 at

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. The winners represented Canada at the

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held from March 14 to 22 at the

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Changes to competition format

For the first time, the event was to be expanded to include entries from

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, which has never participated in the Scotties, and

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, which will now have a berth separate from (Southern)

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, as well as separate entries from the

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

and

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, which have historically competed as a single entry. The Nunavut Curling Association decided they were not ready to send teams to either the Scotties or the Brier, so will be sitting out this year's events. Starting with the 2015 tournament, the top eleven teams will automatically qualify to the main tournament, which will be a competition between twelve teams, as in years past. The remaining teams will play in a pre-qualifying tournament to determine the twelfth team to play in the main tournament. At the end of the tournament, the last place team will join the two teams who do not qualify via the pre-qualifiers (as well as possibly Nunavut) in next year's pre-qualifying tournament. Similar changes were also implemented for the

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, meaning that for the first time the Canadian men's and women's curling championships will be conducted using identical formats. Previous versions of the

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differed from the Tournament of Hearts in that they included the entry from Northern Ontario but did not include a Team Canada entry.

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 Joanne M. Courtney (born March 7, 1989 as Joanne Taylor) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014 to 2022, she was a member of the Rachel Homan rink which won the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship and represented Canada at t ...

at second. She replaces

Alison Kreviazuk Alison Blair Kreviazuk (; born September 27, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Kreviazuk was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and grew up in the Nepean sector of Ottawa. She was the longtime second for the Rachel Homan rink, playing with her from 2002 t ...

who moved to Sweden to be with her partner,

Fredrik Lindberg Bengt Fredrik Lindberg (born 2 February 1986) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. Lindberg grew up in Östersund. From 2006 until 2008 he played both Third and Second positions for Sebastian Kraupp. In 2009 he and Kraupp joined Niklas Edin's te ...

. Courtney played in the 2014 Scotties for Alberta's

Val Sweeting Valerie Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the and Scotties Tournament of Hearts ...

rink who returns with a new third in

Lori Olson-Johns Lori Olson-Johns (born Lori Olson on November 24, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014–2018, she played third for Val Sweeting and with Sweeting, finished runner-up at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won two ...

. 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 Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...

and her team from Manitoba look to capture her fifth Scotties title. The other favourite is Team

Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton ( Miller; born June 20, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central r ...

, representing Saskatchewan. Although they have never won the Scotties, they have placed 4th four times in previous Scotties tournaments. They are also three-time

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winners, four-time

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winners, and are playing on home ice in Saskatchewan. The teams are listed as follows:

CTRS ranking

Pre-qualifying Competition

Northern Ontario, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories will play a single round-robin at Mosaic Place, with the teams with the two best records advancing to the play-in game, which will be contested Saturday, February 14, concurrent with the opening draw of the Scotties round-robin.

Round robin standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( 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

( 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:

, Saskatchewan *Third:

Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...

, Manitoba *Second:

Jill Officer Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at t ...

, Manitoba *Lead:

Dawn McEwen Dawn Kathleen McEwen (born Askin; July 3, 1980) is a Canadian retired curling, curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the long-time lead for the Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones rink, who became Olympic champions, winning gold for Canada ...

, Manitoba ''Second Team'' *Skip:

, Manitoba *Third:

, Alberta *Second: Stephanie Schmidt, Saskatchewan *Lead:

Lisa Weagle Lisa Colleen Weagle (born March 24, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Weagle was the lead on the Rachel Homan team from 2010 until March 12, 2020, when the team announced they would be parting ways with her. She then joined Team J ...

, Team Canada ;

Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award The Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is the sportsmanship award at the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held to crown the Canadian women's curling championship. When Scott Paper took over sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Curling Champio ...

Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson (born January 6, 1964) is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan. She is a two-time winner of the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada. Career Anderson has been to ten Scotties Tournament of Hearts, six as a skip. ...

, Saskatchewan ;Joan Mead Builder Award *Bernadette McIntyre, volunteer, former chair and executive vice-chair of Scotties host committees

References

External links

* {{2014–15 curling season 2015 in Canadian curling Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sport in Moose Jaw Curling in Saskatchewan 2015 in Saskatchewan 2015 in women's curling