The 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 16 to 26 at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Rachel Homan rink, representing Ontario, won their third national title; with Homan becoming the youngest skip, man or woman, to ever win three national championships. Her team represented Canada at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in Beijing from March 18 to 26.

In the final, Ontario, skipped by Rachel Homan, defeated Manitoba's Michelle Englot 8–6 in an extra end to win her third national championship. Heading into the game, Manitoba had beaten Ontario twice already in the tournament, once in the round robin and again in the 1 vs. 2 game. In the first end, Englot attempted to blank the end, but her rock stuck around in the 12-foot circle, forcing Manitoba to take a single, and lose last rock advantage to Ontario. In the second, facing a Manitoba shot-rock, Homan made an incredible cross-house double takeout at the perfect angle to score three to take a 3–1 lead early on. Manitoba clawed back however with a single in the third, and stolen points in the fifth and seventh to take a 4–3 lead, but Ontario scored two in the eighth to go up 5–4. In the ninth, Englot missed a thin takeout attempt on her first throw, and wrecked on a guard on her last, giving up a steal of one to Ontario heading into the 10th, down 6–4. In the 10th end, both teams' thirds, Ontario's Emma Miskew, and Manitoba's Kate Cameron made double takeouts to help their teams out. Facing three Manitoba stones on her last, Homan made a clutch double takeout to prevent Manitoba possible scoring three points and the win. Englot then made her draw to tie the game, forcing an extra end. In the 11th end, Englot drew to the back-four behind cover on her last stone to sit shot-rock. Homan opted to throw a short run-back of her own stone on to shot rock, which she made, winning the game. There were 4,143 spectators on hand to witness the final.

Teams The 2017 Scotties was notable for the presence of many veteran skips from previous Canadian Women's Championship tournaments. Shannon Kleibrink made her 5th Scotties appearance after defeating the 2-time Scotties Silver medallist Valerie Sweeting in the Alberta final; however, issues with back pain limited her performance. Marla Mallett of British Columbia and Stacie Curtis of Newfoundland and Labrador made their 4th Scotties appearances, as well as Mary Mattatall who was in her 5th as Team Nova Scotia after upsetting last year's Nova Scotia Champion Jill Brothers. PEI's Robyn MacPhee made her 8th Scotties appearance, Ève Bélisle of Quebec made her 3rd, and Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories made her 14th Scotties appearance. Geneva Chislett returned again for Team Nunavut, as did Sarah Koltun for the Yukon. The only two teams to make their Scotties debuts were Penny Barker of Saskatchewan and Melissa Adams of New Brunswick. Notably absent was the 5-time Scotties Champion and 12-time Manitoba Scotties champion, Jennifer Jones, who was defeated in the Manitoba Scotties Semifinal by Darcy Robertson, who lost to Michelle Englot (9-time Saskatchewan Scotties Champion) in the final. The headline teams for this year's Scotties were last year's Silver medallist Krista McCarville who defeated Tracy Fleury in Northern Ontario for the second year in a row, the 2-time Scotties Champion Rachel Homan who won the southern Ontario final against Jacqueline Harrison, and the defending Champions Chelsea Carey of Team Canada.

The teams are listed as follows: British ColumbiaThe Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Chelsea Carey Third: Amy Nixon Second: Jocelyn Peterman Lead: Laine Peters Alternate: Susan O'ConnorOkotoks CC, Okotoks Skip: Shannon Kleibrink Third: Lisa Eyamie Second: Sarah Wilkes Lead: Alison Thiessen Alternate: Heather NedohinGolden Ears WC, Maple Ridge Skip: Marla Mallett Third: Shannon Aleksic Second: Brette Richards Lead: Blaine de Jager Alternate: Kristen Recksiedler Manitoba New Brunswick Granite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Michelle Englot Third: Kate Cameron Second: Leslie Wilson-Westcott Lead: Raunora Westcott Alternate: Krysten KarwackiCapital WC, Fredericton Skip: Melissa Adams Third: Jennifer Armstrong Second: Cathlia Ward Lead: Katie Forward Alternate: Jillian Babin-KeoughSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Stacie Curtis Third: Erin Porter Second: Julie Devereaux Lead: Erica Trickett Alternate: Shelley Hardy Northern Ontario Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Krista McCarville Third: Kendra Lilly Second: Ashley Sippala Lead: Sarah Potts Alternate: Oye-Sem Won BriandWindsor CC, Windsor Skip: Mary Mattatall Third: Marg Cutcliffe Second: Jill Alcoe-Holland Lead: Andrea Saulnier Alternate: Julie McEvoyOttawa CC, Ottawa Skip: Rachel Homan Third: Emma Miskew Second: Joanne Courtney Lead: Lisa Weagle Alternate: Cheryl Kreviazuk Quebec SaskatchewanCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Robyn MacPhee Third: Sarah Fullerton Second: Meaghan Hughes Lead: Michelle McQuaid Alternate: Rebecca Jean MacDonaldTMR CC, Mount RoyalGlenmore CC, Dollard-des-Ormeaux Skip: Ève Bélisle Third: Lauren Mann Second: Trish Hill Lead: Brittany O'Rourke Alternate: Pamela NugentMoose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw Skip: Penny Barker Third: Deanna Doig Second: Lorraine Schneider Lead: Danielle Sicinski Alternate: Amber Holland Northwest Territories Nunavut Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Kerry Galusha Third: Megan Koehler Second: Danielle Derry Lead: Sharon Cormier Alternate: Shona BarbourIqaluit CC, Iqaluit Skip: Geneva Chisletthttps://www.facebook.com/nunavutcurling/ Third: Denise Hutchings Second: Robyn Mackey Lead: Jenine Bodner Alternate: Sadie PinksenWhitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Sarah Koltun Third: Chelsea Duncan Second: Patty Wallingham Lead: Jenna Duncan Alternate: Helen Strong

CTRS ranking Member Association (Skip) Rank Points (Homan) 2 349.603 (Englot) 6 223.268 (Carey) 13 155.356 (Kleibrink) 15 150.770 (McCarville) 17 132.405 (Mallett) 28 81.443 (MacPhee) 29 80.505 (Barker) 44 52.567 (Mattatall) 50 46.037 (Bélisle) 52 43.513 (Koltun) 77 20.958 (Adams) 85 16.916 (Curtis) 123 3.859 (Galusha) 129 1.934 (Chislett) NR 0.000

Map of teams

Pre-qualifying tournament

Standings LocaleSkip Melissa Adams 3 0 29 17 16 11 0 3 82% Kerry Galusha 2 1 23 17 12 12 1 5 76% Sarah Koltun 1 2 25 19 15 11 0 5 73% Geneva Chislett 0 3 9 33 7 16 1 0 49%

Results All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).

Draw 1 Thursday, February 16, 6:30 pm

Draw 2 Friday, February 17, 8:00 am

Draw 3 Friday, February 17, 4:00 pm

Pre-qualifying final Saturday, February 18, 2:30 pm

Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs LocaleSkip Michelle Englot 10 1 92 52 55 38 7 20 81% Rachel Homan 10 1 76 45 49 34 16 19 85% Chelsea Carey 9 2 79 58 52 41 12 12 83% Krista McCarville 8 3 81 59 53 40 11 17 82% Ève Bélisle 7 4 74 61 45 43 13 10 77% Heather Nedohin 5 6 74 71 46 46 12 10 81% Stacie Curtis 5 6 64 66 38 47 14 7 77% Kerry Galusha 5 6 65 76 43 47 15 9 75% Robyn MacPhee 3 8 63 82 42 53 10 10 75% Mary Mattatall 2 9 54 89 38 47 14 8 73% Marla Mallett 1 10 52 90 34 53 13 6 78% Penny Barker 1 10 61 86 45 52 10 10 75%

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 2:30 pm

Draw 2 Saturday, February 18, 7:30 pm

Draw 3 Sunday, February 19, 9:30 am

Draw 4 Sunday, February 19, 2:30 pm

Draw 5 Sunday, February 19, 7:30 pm

Draw 6 Monday, February 20, 2:30 pm

Draw 7 Monday, February 20, 7:30 pm

Draw 8 Tuesday, February 21, 9:30 am

Draw 9 Tuesday, February 21, 2:30 pm

Draw 10 Tuesday, February 21, 7:30 pm

Draw 11 Wednesday, February 22, 9:30 am

Draw 12 Wednesday, February 22, 2:30 pm

Draw 13 Wednesday, February 22, 7:30 pm

Draw 14 Thursday, February 23, 9:30 am

Draw 15 Thursday, February 23, 2:30 pm

Draw 16 Thursday, February 23, 7:30 pm

Draw 17 Friday, February 24, 9:30 am

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 Friday, February 24, 7:30 pm

3 vs. 4 Saturday, February 25, 2:30 pm

Semifinal Saturday, February 25, 7:30 pm

Bronze medal game Sunday, February 26, 2:30 pm

Final Sunday, February 26, 7:30 pm

Statistics Round Robin only KeyFirst All-Star TeamSecond All-Star Team Leads % Blaine de Jager 86 Lisa Weagle 86 Laine Peters 86 Sarah Potts 84 Raunora Westcott 84 Seconds % Joanne Courtney 85 Sarah Wilkes 84 Jocelyn Peterman 83 Julie Devereaux 81 Ashley Sippala 81 Thirds % Emma Miskew 84 Shannon Aleksic 82 Kate Cameron 81 Amy Nixon 81 Kendra Lilly 80 Skips % Rachel Homan 84 Chelsea Carey 83 Krista McCarville 81 Michelle Englot 80 Heather Nedohin 79

Awards The awards and all-star teams are as follows:

All-Star Teams First Team Skip: Rachel Homan, Ontario Third: Emma Miskew, Ontario Second: Joanne Courtney, Ontario Lead: Blaine de Jager, British Columbia

Second Team Skip: Chelsea Carey, Team Canada Third: Shannon Aleksic, British Columbia Second: Sarah Wilkes, Alberta Lead: Lisa Weagle, Ontario

Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award Kerry Galusha, Northwest Territories

Joan Mead Builder Award Wendy Morgan, who is both Program Manager and team leader of the Canadian wheelchair curling program, helping the national team win three Paralympic gold medals.

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