# 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2017 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert, Alberta. The winning Shannon Kleibrink team represented Alberta at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines.
The 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink and her Okotoks, Alberta-based team never trailed in the final game against Val Sweeting. It was Kleibrink's fifth career provincial championship, but the first for her teammates. Kleibrink had missed a few games due to a back injury following a routine work-out session and was replaced by two-time Scotties champion Heather Nedohin. For Sweeting, her loss in the final was the second time in a row, as she had lost to Chelsea Carey in the final of the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Organizers of the event were pleased with the turnout of the event. It was the first provincial Scotties to be held in St. Albert since 1984.

## Qualification Process

This is how the 12 teams qualified:
| Qualification Method | Berths | Qualifying Team |
| CTRS leaders | 2 | Val Sweeting Casey Scheidegger |
| Alberta Tour | 2 | Nadine Chyz Shannon Kleibrink |
| Peace Region | 2 | Delia DeJong Trisha James |
| Northern Alberta | 3 | Holly Baird Karynn Flory Holly Scott |
| Southern Alberta | 3 | Geri-Lynn Ramsay Kalynn Virtue Jodi Marthaller |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club(s) |
| Holly Baird | Pam Appelman | Leslie Rogers | Chana Martineau | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Nadine Chyz | Heather Jensen | Rebecca Konschuh | Heather Rogers | | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Delia DeJong | Teryn Hamilton | Amy Janko | Megan Watchorn | | Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith |
| Karynn Flory | Richelle Nanninga | Sydney Lewko | Sarah Brown | | Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Trisha James | Michelle Gnam | Raeleigh Milner | Chelsey Whitney | | Fairview Curling Club, Fairview |
| Shannon Kleibrink | Lisa Eyamie | Sarah Wilkes | Alison Thiessen | Heather Nedohin | Okotoks Curling Club, Okotoks |
| Jodi Marthaller | Tessa Ruetz | Nicole Larson | Valerie Ekelund | | Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge |
| Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Jody McNabb | Brittany Tran | Claire Tully | | North Hill Curling Club, Calgary |
| Val Sweeting | Lori Olson-Johns | Dana Ferguson | Rachelle Brown | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Casey Scheidegger | Cary-Anne McTaggart | Jessie Scheidegger | Stephanie Enright | Nikki Smith | Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge |
| Holly Scott | Megan Anderson | Tara Lamoureux | Trina Ball | Melissa Pierce | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Kalynn Virtue | Shana Snell | Amanda Craigie | Kaitlin Stubbs | | Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge |

## Knockout brackets
### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | A Qualifier | A Qualifier | A Qualifier |
| | | | Val Sweeting | Val Sweeting | 7 | | | | | | |
| Holly Baird | Holly Baird | 13 | Holly Baird | Holly Baird | 3 | | | | | | |
| Karynn Flory | Karynn Flory | 1 | | | | Val Sweeting | Val Sweeting | 6 | | | |
| Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 7 | | | | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 7 | | | |
| Trisha James | Trisha James | 6 | Nadine Chyz | Nadine Chyz | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Shannon Kleibrink | Shannon Kleibrink | 7 |
| | | | Shannon Kleibrink | Shannon Kleibrink | 5 | | | | | | |
| Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 6 | Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 4 | | | | | | |
| Delia DeJong | Delia DeJong | 5 | | | | Shannon Kleibrink | Shannon Kleibrink | 5 | | | |
| Jodi Marthaller | Jodi Marthaller | 7 | | | | Jodi Marthaller | Jodi Marthaller | 3 | | | |
| Holly Scott | Holly Scott | 6 | Casey Scheidegger | Casey Scheidegger | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jodi Marthaller | Jodi Marthaller | 6 | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | B Qualifier | B Qualifier | B Qualifier |
| Nadine Chyz | Nadine Chyz | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Karynn Flory | Karynn Flory | 3 | Nadine Chyz | Nadine Chyz | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jodi Marthaller | Jodi Marthaller | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Nadine Chyz | Nadine Chyz | 6 | | | |
| Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 5 | | | | Val Sweeting | Val Sweeting | 8 | | | |
| Holly Scott | Holly Scott | 4 | Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Val Sweeting | Val Sweeting | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Val Sweeting | Val Sweeting | 7 |
| Casey Scheidegger | Casey Scheidegger | 8 | | | | | | | Casey Scheidegger | Casey Scheidegger | 6 |
| Delia DeJong | Delia DeJong | 7 | Casey Scheidegger | Casey Scheidegger | 5 | | | | | | |
| Holly Baird | Holly Baird | 7 | Holly Baird | Holly Baird | 4 | | | | | | |
| Trisha James | Trisha James | 3 | | | | Casey Scheidegger | Casey Scheidegger | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 4 | | | |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 |
| Karynn Flory | Karynn Flory | 6 | | | | | | |
| Holly Scott | Holly Scott | 8 | Holly Scott | Holly Scott | 5 | | | |
| | | | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 9 |
| | | | | | | Holly Baird | Holly Baird | 8 |
| | | | Holly Baird | Holly Baird | 8 | | | |
| | | | Nadine Chyz | Nadine Chyz | 6 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 |
| Delia DeJong | Delia DeJong | 9 | | | | | | |
| Jodi Marthaller | Jodi Marthaller | 4 | Delia DeJong | Delia DeJong | 2 | | | |
| Trisha James | Trisha James | 5 | Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 6 | | | |
| Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 7 | | | | Kalynn Virtue | Kalynn Virtue | 6 |
| | | | | | | Casey Scheidegger | Casey Scheidegger | 8 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Shannon Kleibrink | 7 | | | | A | Shannon Kleibrink | 6 |
| B | Val Sweeting | 6 | | | | B | Val Sweeting | 4 |
| | | | B | Val Sweeting | 5 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Casey Scheidegger | 3 | | | |
| C1 | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Casey Scheidegger | 8 | | | | | | |

### A vs B

Saturday, January 28, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Val Sweeting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Shannon Kleibrink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |

### C1 vs C2

Saturday, January 28, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Geri-Lynn Ramsay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Casey Scheidegger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, January 29, 11:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Val Sweeting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Casey Scheidegger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

### Final

Sunday, January 29, 5:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Val Sweeting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Shannon Kleibrink | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
* 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
* Shannon Kleibrink 5th Alberta Provincial Championship title