2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts


The 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The winning team represented Canada at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 16 to 24 at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark. The final game featured the largest comeback in Scotties Finals history. Alberta's Chelsea Carey came back from a 1–5 deficit, winning the championship 8–6 thanks to 5 total steal points in the second half, and two dramatic misses by Ontario's Rachel Homan.
This year's tournament was notable for Nunavut winning their first Scotties round robin game ever, defeating Quebec's Gabrielle Lavoie 4–3 in Draw 1; and the highest scoring game ever at a Canadian women's curling championship in Draw 10 with Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Birt winning 13–12 in an extra end over New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford, a total match score of 25 points.
Team Canada's Jennifer Jones set a new record for the most Canadian national women's championship game wins as a skip when she skipped the 141st victory of her Scotties career over British Columbia's Sarah Wark in Draw 18 on February 22.

Teams

Source:

;Notes
  1. Team Canada's alternate Jill Officer threw lead stones for the last five ends of Draw 10 and threw second stones during Draw 12.
  2. During Draw 5, Team British Columbia's alternate Michelle Dunn threw lead stones for two ends.
  3. During Draw 11, Team Manitoba's alternate Taylor McDonald threw second rocks.
  4. Team Newfoundland and Labrador alternate Michelle Jewer threw lead stones during the round robin; Carrie Vautour threw lead stones during Draws 4, 8, and 12.
  5. Team Ontario alternate Cheryl Kreviazuk threw second stones for the last two ends of Draw 3, for the last four ends of Draw 5 and the last five ends of Draw 13.
  6. Team Nunavut alternate Sadie Pinksen threw lead stones during the round robin; Megan Ingram threw lead stones for three ends in Draw 9.

CTRS ranking

Wildcard game

A wildcard play-in game was played on February 15. It was contested between the top two teams in the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their respective provincial championships: the Gimli Curling Club's Kerri Einarson rink from Gimli, Manitoba and the Lethbridge Curling Club's Casey Scheidegger rink from Lethbridge, Alberta. Team Wildcard entered the Scotties as the number 4 seed.
In advance of the 2018–19 season, Rachel Homan was guaranteed a spot in the wildcard game if her team did not win their provincial championship. The team was forced to decline their Team Canada berth in the 2018 Scotties due to qualifying for the Olympics. However, had Homan been eliminated from the provincials, her team would have qualified for the game without the guaranteed spot as they led the CTRS standings.
;CTRS standings for wildcard game:
RankTeamMember AssociationEligibility
1Rachel HomanWon Ontario provincials
2Kerri EinarsonEliminated from provincials
3Jennifer JonesQualified as Team Canada
4Chelsea CareyWon Alberta provincials
5Tracy FleuryWon Manitoba provincials
6Casey ScheideggerEliminated from provincials

Source:
;Wildcard Game
Friday, February 15, 19:30

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time.

Draw 1

Saturday, February 16, 14:30

Draw 2

Saturday, February 16, 19:30

Draw 3

Sunday, February 17, 09:30

Draw 4

Sunday, February 17, 14:30

Draw 5

Sunday, February 17, 20:00

Draw 6

Monday, February 18, 09:30

Draw 7

Monday, February 18, 14:30

Draw 8

Monday, February 18, 19:30

Draw 9

Tuesday, February 19, 09:30

Draw 10

Tuesday, February 19, 14:30
^ This match set a record for the highest scoring game in Canadian national women's championship history.

Draw 11

Tuesday, February 19, 19:30

Draw 12

Wednesday, February 20, 09:30

Draw 13

Wednesday, February 20, 14:30

Draw 14

Wednesday, February 20, 19:30

Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 21, 09:30

Championship pool standings

The top four teams from each pool advanced to the Championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin were carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games were not carried forward.
Final Championship pool standings

Championship pool results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time.

Draw 15

Thursday, February 21, 14:30

Draw 16

Thursday, February 21, 19:30

Draw 17

Friday, February 22, 14:30

Draw 18

Friday, February 22, 19:30
^With Team Canada's victory, Jennifer Jones became the winningest skip at the Canadian national women's championship, surpassing Colleen Jones

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 23, 19:30

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 23, 14:30

Semifinal

Sunday, February 24, 12:00

Final

Sunday, February 24, 18:00

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
Second Team
;Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award
  • Sarah Potts, Northern Ontario
;Joan Mead Builder Award
;Paul McLean Award
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