# 2012 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2012 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from January 25 to 29 at the Club de Curling Kénogami in Jonquière, Quebec. The winning team of Marie-France Larouche, represented Quebec at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer, Alberta, where she finished round robin with a 7-4 record. This was enough to clinch a spot in the playoffs in the 3-4 game. Larouche and team would lose both the 3-4 game and the bronze medal game.

## Format Changes

The 2011-12 season will see a new format for both the men and women's provincial playdowns. The women's tournament will now consist of eight teams playing in a triple knockout format, and a page playoff consisting of three teams. Four teams will qualify from the four Quebec regions, and four teams will qualify through the points system. This change means that the defending champions from the previous season will no longer receive a berth into the provincial playdowns and that two fewer teams will compete in the provincial playdowns.
| Teams | Qualification Method | Berths | Qualifying Team |
| Team 1 | Quebec Championship points finish – first place | 1 | Kim Mastine |
| Team 2 | Quebec Championship points finish – second place | 1 | Marie-France Larouche |
| Team 3 | Quebec Championship points finish – third place | 1 | Allison Ross |
| Team 4 | Quebec Championship points finish – fourth place | 1 | Julie Hamel |
| Team 5 | Regional Qualifier Montréal | 1 | Siân Canavan |
| Team 6 | Regional Qualifier Sag / Lac | 1 | Nathalie Gagnon |
| Team 7 | Regional Qualifier Québec | 1 | Marie-Christine Cantin |
| Team 8 | Regional Qualifier Sud-Ouest | 1 | Hélène Pelchat |

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club(s) |
| Siân Canavan | Brittany Connell | Marion Van Horne | Audree Debay | Royal Montreal Curling Club, Montreal |
| Marie-Christine Cantin | Andreanne Cantin | Virginie Lessard | Anik Brascoup | Club de curling Etchemin, Saint-Romuald |
| Nathalie Gagnon | Ginette Simard | Josée Friolet | Marie-Josée Précourt | Club de curling Kénogami, Jonquière |
| Julie Hamel | Karine Marchand | Marie-Pier Côté | Joëlle St-Hilaire | Club de curling Kénogami, Jonquière |
| Marie-France Larouche | Brenda Nicholls | Amélie Blais | Anne-Marie Filteau | Club de curling Etchemin, Saint-Romuald, Quebec |
| Kim Mastine | Nathalie Audet | Audrée Dufresne | Saskia Hollands | Club de curling Boucherville, Boucherville |
| Hélène Pelchat | Chantal Gadoua | Kathleen Boyer | Marie-Claude Comeau | Club de curling Valleyfield, Valleyfield, Quebec |
| Allison Ross | Kristen Richards | Brittany O'Rourke | Sasha Beauchamp | Club de curling Glenmore, Dollard-des-Ormeaux |

## Standings

| Skip (Club) | W | L |
| Kim Mastine (Boucherville) | 3 | 0 |
| Marie-France Larouche (Etchemin) | 4 | 1 |
| Allison Ross (Glenmore) | 4 | 2 |
| Julie Hamel (Kénogami) | 2 | 3 |
| Nathalie Gagnon (Kénogami) | 2 | 3 |
| Siân Canavan (Royal Montreal) | 1 | 3 |
| Marie-Christine Cantin (Etchemin) | 1 | 3 |
| Hélène Pelchat (Valleyfield) | 1 | 3 |

## Knockout results
### A event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Kim Mastine | Kim Mastine | 9 | | | | | | |
| Hélène Pelchat | Hélène Pelchat | 3 | | | | | | |
| Hélène Pelchat | Hélène Pelchat | 3 | Kim Mastine | Kim Mastine | 9 | | | |
| | | | Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 1 | | | |
| Julie Hamel | Julie Hamel | 5 | Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 1 | | | |
| Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 14 | | | | | | |
| Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 14 | | | | Kim Mastine | Kim Mastine | 10 |
| | | | | | | Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 5 |
| Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 6 | | | | | | | Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 5 |
| Marie-Christine Cantin | Marie-Christine Cantin | 5 | | | | | | |
| Marie-Christine Cantin | Marie-Christine Cantin | 5 | Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 5 | | | |
| | | | Marie-France Larouche | Marie-France Larouche | 4 | | | |
| Marie-France Larouche | Marie-France Larouche | 12 | Marie-France Larouche | Marie-France Larouche | 4 | | | |
| Siân Canavan | Siân Canavan | 2 | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Hélène Pelchat | Hélène Pelchat | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Julie Hamel | Julie Hamel | 6 | Marie-France Larouche | Marie-France Larouche | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Hélène Pelchat | Hélène Pelchat | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Marie-France Larouche | Marie-France Larouche | 9 | | | |
| Marie-Christine Cantin | Marie-Christine Cantin | 8 | | | | Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 6 | | | |
| Siân Canavan | Siân Canavan | 6 | Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Marie-Christine Cantin | Marie-Christine Cantin | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Marie-France Larouche | Marie-France Larouche | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 4 |

### C event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| Julie Hamel | Julie Hamel | 7 | | | | | | |
| Marie-Christine Cantin | Marie-Christine Cantin | 3 | Nathalie Gagnon | Nathalie Gagnon | 4 | | | |
| | | | Julie Hamel | Julie Hamel | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Julie Hamel | Julie Hamel | 3 |
| Siân Canavan | Siân Canavan | 8 | | | | Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 9 |
| Hélène Pelchat | Hélène Pelchat | 1 | Allison Ross | Allison Ross | 10 | | | |
| | | | Siân Canavan | Siân Canavan | 1 | | | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Kim Mastine | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Marie-France Larouche | 9 | | | |
| 2 | Marie-France Larouche | 9 | 2 | Marie-France Larouche | 10 |
| | | | 3 | Allison Ross | 3 |
| 3 | Allison Ross | 10 | 3 | Allison Ross | 3 |
| 1 | Kim Mastine | 6 | | | |

### 1 vs 2

January 28, 7:00 PM ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mastine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Larouche | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |

### Semifinal

January 29, 9:00 AM ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ross | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Mastine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |

### Final

January 29, 2:00 PM ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Larouche | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Ross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
* 2012 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
* Marie-France Larouche Quebec Provincial Championship title