| 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
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| Host City: | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Arena: | Mosaic Place |
| Dates: | February 14–22 |
| Attendance: | 70,047 |
| Winner: | |
| Curling Club: | St. Vital CC, Winnipeg |
| Skip: | Jennifer Jones |
| Third: | Kaitlyn Lawes |
| Second: | Jill Officer |
| Lead: | Dawn McEwen |
| Alternate: | Jennifer Clark-Rouire |
| Coach: | Wendy Morgan |
| Finalist: | (Val Sweeting) |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 14 to 22 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.[1] 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.
For the first time, the event was to be expanded to include entries from Nunavut, which has never participated in the Scotties, and Northern Ontario, which will now have a berth separate from (Southern) Ontario, as well as separate entries from the Yukon and Northwest Territories, 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.[2]
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.[2]
Similar changes were also implemented for the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, 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 Tim Hortons Brier differed from the Tournament of Hearts in that they included the entry from Northern Ontario but did not include a Team Canada entry.
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:
 | British Columbia | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa CC, Ottawa Skip: Rachel Homan Third: Emma Miskew Second: Joanne Courtney Lead: Lisa Weagle Alternate: Cheryl Kreviazuk | Saville SC, Edmonton Skip: Val Sweeting Third: Lori Olson-Johns Second: Dana Ferguson Lead: Rachelle Brown Alternate: Sarah Wilkes | Prince George CC, Prince George Howe Sound CC, Squamish Skip: Patti Knezevic Third: Kristen Fewster Second: Jen Rusnell Lead: Rhonda Camozzi Alternate: Nicole Backe | |
| Manitoba | New Brunswick |  | |
| St. Vital CC, Winnipeg Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Kaitlyn Lawes Second: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn McEwen Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire | Curl Moncton, Moncton Skip: Sylvie Robichaud Third: Rebecca Atkinson Second: Marie Richard Lead: Jane Boyle Alternate: Carol Whitaker | Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's Skip: Heather Strong Third: Stephanie Korab Second: Jessica Cunningham Lead: Kathryn Cooper Alternate: Noelle Thomas-Kennell | |
 Northern Ontario | |||
| Idylwylde G&CC, Sudbury Skip: Tracy Horgan Third: Jenn Horgan Second: Jenna Enge Lead: Amanda Gates Alternate: Courtney Chenier | Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Mary-Anne Arsenault Third: Christina Black Second: Jane Snyder Lead: Jenn Baxter Alternate: Carole MacLean | Bayview CC, Thornhill Skip: Julie Hastings Third: Christy Trombley Second: Stacey Smith Lead: Katrina Collins Alternate: Cheryl McPherson | |
 | Quebec |  Saskatchewan | |
| Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Suzanne Birt Third: Shelly Bradley Second: Michelle McQuaid Lead: Susan McInnis Alternate: Sinead Dolan | Glenmore CC, Dollard-des-Ormeaux[3] CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald Skip: Lauren Mann Third: Amélie Blais Second: Brittany O'Rourke Lead: Anne-Marie Filteau Alternate: Brenda Nicholls | Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Stefanie Lawton Third: Sherry Anderson Second: Stephanie Schmidt Lead: Marliese Kasner Alternate: Lana Vey | |
| Northwest Territories |  Nunavut |  | |
| Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Kerry Galusha Third: Megan Cormier Second: Danielle Derry Lead: Shona Barbour Alternate: Sharon Cormier | Declined invitation [4] | Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Sarah Koltun[5] Third: Chelsea Duncan Second: Patty Wallingham Lead: Jenna Duncan Alternate: Lindsay Moldowan |
| width=265 | Member Association (Skip) ! | width=15 | Rank ! | width=15 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Jones) | 1 | 173.105 | |||
| (Sweeting) | 2 | 169.430 | |||
| (Homan) | 3 | 141.788 | |||
| (Hastings) | 9 | 55.525 | |||
| (Horgan) | 10 | 54.360 | |||
| (Lawton/Anderson) | 15 | 28.400 | |||
| (Mann) | 27 | 18.008 | |||
| (Arsenault) | 46 | 6.500 | |||
| (Knezevic) | 53 | 4.000 | |||
| (Koltun) | 85 | 0.825 | |||
| (Robichaud) | NR | 0.000 | |||
| (Strong) | NR | 0.000 | |||
| (Galusha) | NR | 0.000 | |||
| (Birt) | NR | 0.000 |
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.
| width=205 | Locale | width=150 | Skip | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 75 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 76 |
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).[4]
Thursday, February 12, 7:00 pm
Friday, February 13, 8:00 am
Friday, February 13, 3:30 pm
Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm
Final Round Robin Standings
| Key | ||
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| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Relegated to 2016 Pre-qualifying competition | ||
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| 10 | 1 | 92 | 50 | 52 | 39 | 8 | 17 | 85% | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 45 | 11 | 11 | 82% | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 65 | 43 | 49 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 82% | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 80 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 82% | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 68 | 62 | 49 | 44 | 10 | 12 | 77% | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 70 | 73 | 50 | 49 | 9 | 18 | 77% | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 71 | 69 | 45 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 79% | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 56 | 76 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 11 | 71% | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 61 | 70 | 43 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 76% | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 61 | 79 | 44 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 78% | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 64 | 79 | 42 | 53 | 7 | 7 | 75% | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | 47 | 88 | 34 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 74% |
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).[6]
Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm
Saturday, February 14, 7:00 pm
Sunday, February 15, 9:00 am
Sunday, February 15, 2:00 pm
Sunday, February 15, 7:00 pm
Monday, February 16, 9:00 am
Monday, February 16, 2:00 pm
Monday, February 16, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, February 17, 2:00 pm
Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, February 18, 9:00 am
Wednesday, February 18, 2:00 pm
Wednesday, February 18, 7:00 pm
Thursday, February 19, 9:00 am
Thursday, February 19, 2:00 pm
Thursday, February 19, 7:00 pm
Friday, February 20, 9:00 am
Friday, February 20, 7:00 pm
Saturday, February 21, 10:00 am
Saturday, February 21, 3:00 pm
Sunday, February 22, 2:00 pm
Sunday, February 22, 7:00 pm
Round robin only
| Key | ||
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| First All-Star Team | ||
| Second All-Star Team | ||
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The awards and all-star teams are as follows:
Stefanie Lawton, SaskatchewanSecond Team
Stephanie Schmidt, Saskatchewan Lisa Weagle, Team Canada Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan