The 2022

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, Canada's national women's

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championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the

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. The winning team represented Canada at the

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at the

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in Prince George,

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. Due to the

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and

public health orders, the tournament was held behind closed doors with no public spectators for the second season in a row. As Ontario began to permit a maximum capacity of 500 spectators at indoor sporting events beginning January 31, Curling Canada explored admitting limited public spectators for the playoff draws, but ultimately decided against doing so. Organizers later invited tournament volunteers and junior curlers from the Thunder Bay area to attend the playoff draws.

Teams

Due to

-related concerns, and public health orders in multiple provinces that prohibited sports tournaments, the provincial and territorial playdowns in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Ontario (both Ontario and Northern Ontario), Prince Edward Island, and Quebec were cancelled (or in the case of Ontario, postponed until April), with teams being selected by provincial sanctioning bodies. Source:

CTRS ranking

Source:

Wild card selection

In previous years, a wild card game was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their provincial championship; the winner of this game was usually granted the final spot in the tournament. However, with many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the ongoing

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, thus not allowing many teams to compete for a chance to play at the Scotties,

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opted to include three wild card teams instead of the usual one. These teams directly qualified and did not participate in a play-in game. This was the second time this format was used, with the first being in 2021.

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−05:00).

Draw 1

''Friday, January 28, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, January 29, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Saturday, January 29, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, January 30, 9:00 am''

Draw 5

''Sunday, January 30, 2:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Sunday, January 30, 7:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, January 31, 9:00 am''

Draw 8

''Monday, January 31, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Monday, January 31, 7:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, February 1, 9:00 am''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, February 1, 2:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Tuesday, February 1, 7:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, February 2, 9:00 am''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, February 2, 2:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Wednesday, February 2, 7:00 pm''

Draw 16

''Thursday, February 3, 9:00 am''

Draw 17

''Thursday, February 3, 1:00 pm''

Draw 18

''Thursday, February 3, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, February 4, 9:00 am''

Championship round

Semifinals

''Friday, February 4, 1:00 pm''

Finals

''Friday, February 4, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, February 5, 7:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, February 5, 2:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, February 6, 12:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, February 6, 7:00 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages; minimum 6 games''

Awards

The awards and all-star teams were as follows: ;All-Star Teams ''First Team'' *Skip:

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...

, Team Canada *Third:

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 H ...

, Team Canada *Second:

Shannon Birchard Shannon Birchard (born May 11, 1994) is a Canadian curling, curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays Second (curling), second on Team Kerri Einarson from Gimli, Manitoba. Currently, the Einarson team are the four-time reigning Scotties ...

, Team Canada *Lead:

Briane Meilleur Briane Harris (born March 11, 1992 as Briane Meilleur) is a Canadian curler from Petersfield, Manitoba. She currently plays lead on Team Kerri Einarson from Gimli, Manitoba. Currently, the Einarson team are the three-time reigning Scotties To ...

, Team Canada ''Second Team'' *Skip:

Selena Njegovan Selena Njegovan (born January 22, 1992 as Selena Kaatz) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Kaitlyn Lawes. Career Juniors and University (2011–2013) Njegovan threw fourth rocks for Team Manitoba a ...

, Wild Card 1 *Third:

Sarah Wilkes Sarah Wilkes (born August 4, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. She won the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Team Chelsea Carey and is currently the second for Team Rachel Homan. Career Juniors As a j ...

, Wild Card 3 *Second: Ashley Sippala, Northern Ontario *Lead:

Kerry Galusha Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curlin ...

, Northwest Territories ;

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 ...

Karlee Everist Karlee Everist (born September 13, 1991, as Karlee Jones) is a Canadian curler from Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Christina Black. Career After growing up in Thunder Bay and skipping her own team, Everist moved to No ...

, Nova Scotia ;Joan Mead Builder Award *

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, inaugural Executive Director of the

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from 2007 to 2020, after guiding the amalgamation of 5 regional curling associations into the NOCA.

Provincial and territorial playdowns

* 2022 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts * 2022 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts * 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts *

New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts The New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the New Brunswick provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by the New Brunswick Curling Association. The winning team represents New Brunswick at the Scotties Tournament of Hea ...

: Cancelled. *

Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by the Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association. The winning team represents Newfoundla ...

: Cancelled. *

Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the provincial women's championships of curling in Northern Ontario, Canada. Beginning with the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the winning team will have a direct entry to the Scotties To ...

: Cancelled. * 2022 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled. *

2022 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2022 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Nova Scotia, was held from December 8 to 11, 2021 at the Berwick Curling Club in Berwick, Nova Scotia. The winning Christina Black team will repr ...

* Nunavut Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Not held. * 2022 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Postponed until April (no longer a qualifier) *

Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Prince Edward Island provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by Curl PEI, the provincial curling association. The winning team represents Prince Edward Island at ...

: Cancelled. *

Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts (French: ''Championnat Provincial des Cœurs Scotties'') is the Quebec provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling association. The winning team ...

: Cancelled. * 2022 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts * 2022 Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 4–5 in

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. Team

Hailey Birnie Hailey Dawn Birnie (born July 11, 1982) is a Canadians, Canadian Curling, curler and actress from Whitehorse, Yukon. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team out of the Whitehorse Curling Club. Curling career While in juniors, Birnie mad ...

defeated

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2–0 in a best of three series for the championship. Birnie won the first game 6–5 and the second game 8–4.

Notes

References

External links

* {{2021–22 curling season 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Curling in Northern Ontario

Sports competitions in Thunder Bay