2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 15 to 23 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.[1][2] The winning team was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia.
2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
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Host city | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
Arena | Mosaic Place |
Dates | February 15–23 |
Attendance | 59,298 |
Winner | Manitoba |
Curling club | Gimli CC, Gimli |
Skip | Kerri Einarson |
Third | Val Sweeting |
Second | Shannon Birchard |
Lead | Briane Meilleur |
Alternate | Jennifer Clark-Rouire |
Coach | Patti Wuthrich |
Finalist | Ontario (Rachel Homan) |
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Manitoba's Kerri Einarson defeated Ontario's Rachel Homan 8–7 in the final.
On February 18, New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford rink scored seven points in the seventh end to set a new Canadian women's national championship record for most points scored in a single end, going on to defeat Kerri Einarson's undefeated and top-ranked Manitoba rink 13–7 in Draw 10 of the tournament.[3][4] In Draw 12 on February 19, Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville curled a perfect 100% game in a 4–3 win over Alberta's Laura Walker.[5]
This Tournament of Hearts marked the second time that Moose Jaw has hosted the Scotties; the first time that the Scotties was hosted in Moose Jaw was in 2015.[6]