2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 14 to 22 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 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. Changes to competition format. 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. 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. 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. Teams. 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: Pre-qualifying Competition. 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. Round robin results. All draw times  are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6). Draw 1. "Thursday, February 12, 7:00 pm" Draw 2. "Friday, February 13, 8:00 am" Draw 3. "Friday, February 13, 3:30 pm" Pre-Qualifying Final. "Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm" Round robin standings. "Final Round Robin Standings" Round robin results. All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6). Draw 1. "Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm" Draw 2. "Saturday, February 14, 7:00 pm" Draw 3. "Sunday, February 15, 9:00 am" Draw 4. "Sunday, February 15, 2:00 pm" Draw 5. "Sunday, February 15, 7:00 pm" Draw 6. "Monday, February 16, 9:00 am" Draw 7 . "Monday, February 16, 2:00 pm" Draw 8. "Monday, February 16, 7:00 pm" Draw 9. "Tuesday, February 17, 2:00 pm" Draw 10. "Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 pm" Draw 11. "Wednesday, February 18, 9:00 am" Draw 12. "Wednesday, February 18, 2:00 pm" Draw 13. "Wednesday, February 18, 7:00 pm" Draw 14. "Thursday, February 19, 9:00 am" Draw 15. "Thursday, February 19, 2:00 pm" Draw 16. "Thursday, February 19, 7:00 pm" Draw 17. "Friday, February 20, 9:00 am" Playoffs. 1 vs. 2. "Friday, February 20, 7:00 pm" 3 vs. 4. "Saturday, February 21, 10:00 am" Semifinal. "Saturday, February 21, 3:00 pm" Bronze medal  game. "Sunday, February 22, 2:00 pm" Final. "Sunday, February 22, 7:00 pm" Statistics. Top 5 player percentages. "Round robin only" Awards. The awards and all-star teams are as follows: "First Team" "Second Team"