# 2023 Icebreaker Challenge

The 2023 Icebreaker Challenge was held from August 25 to 27 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba. The event was held in a round robin format with a $6,500 purse.
In the final, Kate Cameron and her new Manitoba rink of Meghan Walter, Taylor McDonald and Mackenzie Elias capped off an undefeated week with an 8–6 win over the United States' Delaney Strouse. Trailing by two in the eighth, Cameron scored four to defeat the American squad that began their season by winning the 2023 Euro Super Series the week before. Sarah Anderson took third by defeating Kristy Watling 8–6 in the third-place game. In the seeding games, Rachel Workin finished fifth with a 10–3 win over Shaela Hayward while Katy Lukowich won 5–3 over Miranda Scheel in the seventh place game.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Sarah Anderson | Taylor Anderson | Lexi Lanigan | Leah Yavarow | | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Kate Cameron | Meghan Walter | Taylor McDonald | Mackenzie Elias | | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Shaela Hayward | Keira Krahn | Rylie Cox | India Young | | Carman, Manitoba |
| Katy Lukowich | Jaycee Terrick | Lexa Sigurdson | Julia Millan | | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Miranda Scheel | Sara Olson | Jordan Hein | Tessa Thurlow | | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Delaney Strouse | Anne O'Hara | Sydney Mullaney | Rebecca Rodgers | Susan Dudt | Traverse City, Michigan |
| Kristy Watling | Laura Burtnyk | Emily Deschenes | Sarah Pyke | | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Rachel Workin | Ann Podoll | Anya Normandeau | Christina Lammers | | Fargo, North Dakota |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| Kate Cameron | 3 | 0 | 19 | 12 |
| Sarah Anderson | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 |
| Shaela Hayward | 1 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
| Miranda Scheel | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Delaney Strouse | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| Kristy Watling | 2 | 1 | 17 | 15 |
| Rachel Workin | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Katy Lukowich | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 |

## Round robin results

All draw times listed in Central Time (UTC−05:00).

### Draw 1

Friday, August 25, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kate Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Shaela Hayward | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Katy Lukowich | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kristy Watling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sarah Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Miranda Scheel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |

### Draw 2

Saturday, August 26, 10:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miranda Scheel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Kate Cameron | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sarah Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Shaela Hayward | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Kristy Watling | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Katy Lukowich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 3

Saturday, August 26, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Kristy Watling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Katy Lukowich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Rachel Workin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sarah Anderson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Kate Cameron | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Shaela Hayward | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Miranda Scheel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

## Tiebreaker

Saturday, August 26, 6:00 pm
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kristy Watling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

## Consolation
### Fifth place game

Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
| Shaela Hayward | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

### Seventh place game

Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miranda Scheel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Katy Lukowich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |

## Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Kate Cameron | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Kristy Watling | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Kristy Watling | 0 | 1 | Kate Cameron | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Delaney Strouse | 6 |
| 2 | Delaney Strouse | 6 | 2 | Delaney Strouse | 6 |
| 3 | Sarah Anderson | 2 | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | | 4 | Kristy Watling | 6 |
| | | | 3 | Sarah Anderson | 8 |

### Semifinals

Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kate Cameron | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | 6 |
| Kristy Watling | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 6 |
| Sarah Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

### Third place game

Sunday, August 27, 1:30 pm
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kristy Watling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Sarah Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

### Final

Sunday, August 27, 1:30 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kate Cameron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Delaney Strouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |