2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
# 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Manitoba, was held from January 25 to 29 at the Eric Coy Arena in Winnipeg. The winning Michelle Englot team represented Manitoba at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario, finishing second.

The event was most notable for the defeat of the defending Olympic champion Jennifer Jones rink in the semifinal. Jones lost to Darcy Robertson who proceeded to lose to the Michelle Englot rink in the final. Englot, who is a resident of Regina, Saskatchewan had won seven provincial titles in her home province, but joined her new Winnipeg-based team in the 2016 off season, replacing their previous skip Kristy McDonald who had lost in the final of the 2016 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. It was the first provincial title for Englot's third, Kate Cameron, while second Leslie Wilson-Westcott and lead Raunora Westcott won their third provincial titles.

Jennifer Jones' loss in the semifinal would mark the first time since 2004 that she would not win a provincial tournament she had participated in. Jones cited a number of factors for her team's loss stating "the ice was tricky today ... draw shots were harder and it was a struggle with draw weight for everybody". Jones' semifinal loss was her second in a row, after having won all seven of her round robin games.

After the event, Jones was awarded as the tournament's all-star skip, Cameron was named all-star third, Vanessa Foster (Team Robertson) was named all-star second and Mariah Mondor (Team Birchard) was named all-star lead.

## Teams

The defending Olympic champion Jennifer Jones rink was the top seed ahead of the event. They had not played in the 2016 provincial Scotties, as they had an automatic berth to the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as Team Canada for having won the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. 2016 provincial champion Kerri Einarson was given the second seed, while eventual-winner Michelle Englot was given the third seed.

The teams are listed as follows:

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Meghan Armit | Nikki Hawrylshen | Laura Budowski | Taryn Dreger | West Kildonan Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Shannon Birchard | Nicole Sigvaldason | Sheyna Andries | Mariah Mondor | St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Jennifer Briscoe | Sheri Horning | Courtney Reeves | Lorelle Weiss | Burntwood CC, Thompson |
| Joelle Brown | Alyssa Calvert | Erika Sigurdson | Lindsay Baldock | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Kerri Einarson | Selena Kaatz | Liz Fyfe | Kristin MacCuish | East St. Paul Curling Club, East St. Paul |
| Michelle Englot | Kate Cameron | Leslie Wilson-Westcott | Raunora Westcott | Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen | St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Colleen Kilgallen | Kim Link | Renee Fletcher | Karen Fallis | East St. Paul Curling Club, East St. Paul |
| Christine MacKay | Gaetanne Gauthier | Taylor Maida | Katrina Thiessen | Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Tiffany McLean | Mallory Black | Danielle Robinson | Cassandra Lesiuk | Portage CC, Portage la Prairie |
| Briane Meilleur | Rhonda Varnes | Janelle Vachon | Sarah Neufeld | Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Lisa Menard | Lisa DeRiviere | Lesle Cafferty | Laurie Macdonell | Dauphin Curling Club, Dauphin |
| Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jenna Loder | Katherine Doerksen | Sarah Pyke | Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Beth Peterson | Robyn Njegovan | Melissa Gordon | Breanne Yozenko | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Cheryl Reed | Tanya Enns | Pam Robins | Roz Taylor | Brandon Curling Club, Brandon |
| Darcy Robertson | Karen Klein | Vanessa Foster | Michelle Madden | Pembina CC, Winnipeg |

## Round robin standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker

| Asham Group | W | L |
| - | - | - |
| Jones | 7 | 0 |
| Birchard | 4 | 3 |
| Reed | 4 | 3 |
| Brown | 3 | 4 |
| Meilleur | 3 | 4 |
| Briscoe | 3 | 4 |
| MacKay | 3 | 4 |
| Killgallen | 1 | 6 |
| Express Group | W | L |
| Englot | 5 | 2 |
| Robertson | 5 | 2 |
| Einarson | 5 | 2 |
| Overton-Clapham | 4 | 3 |
| Peterson | 4 | 3 |
| Menard | 3 | 4 |
| Armit | 1 | 6 |
| Mclean | 1 | 6 |

## Scores

### Draw 1

* Brown 10-5 Briscoe
* Meilleur 7-4 MacKay
* Jones 9-3 Reed
* Birchard 9-2 Kilgallen

### Draw 2

* Overton-Clapham 8-5 McLean
* Englot 9-8 Menard
* Einarson 5-3 Armit
* Peterson 7-6 Robertson

### Draw 3

* Jones 8-5 MacKay
* Brown 9-4 Kilgallen
* Briscoe 7-3 Birchard
* Reed 8-6 Meilleur

### Draw 4

* Menard 8-3 Einarson
* Peterson 9-6 Overton-Clapham
* Robertson 13-7 McLean
* Englot 11-4 Armit

### Draw 5

* Meilleur 8-6 Kilgallen
* Birchard 11-1 Reed
* MacKay 9-5 Brown
* Jones 10-0 Briscoe

### Draw 6

* Englot 7-2 Peterson
* Robertson 8-2 Armit
* Overton-Clapham 9-5 Menard
* Einarson 10-3 McLean

### Draw 7

* Reed 11-6 Brown
* Jones 10-0 Kilgallen
* Meilleur 6-1 Briscoe
* MacKay 8-7 Birchard

### Draw 8

* Overton-Clapham 10-3 Armit
* Einarson 7-3 Peterson
* Englot 8-3 McLean
* Robertson 8-6 Menard

### Draw 9

* Englot 6-5 Robertson
* Menard 12-4 McLean
* Peterson 8-6 Armit
* Einarson 9-5 Overton-Clapham

### Draw 10

* Birchard 7-4 Meilleur
* Briscoe 6-5 MacKay
* Reed 10-5 Kilgallen
* Jones 8-4 Brown

### Draw 11

* Menard 9-3 Armit
* Robertson 6-5 Overton-Clapham
* Einarson 7-3 Englot
* McLean 7-5 Peterson

### Draw 12

* Reed 6-5 MacKay
* Birchard 9-8 Brown
* Jones 9-5 Meilleur
* Kilgallen 8-7 Briscoe

### Draw 13

* Robertson 10-5 Einarson
* Armit 10-1 McLean
* Peterson 6-3 Menard
* Overton-Clapham 8-4 Englot

### Draw 14

* Jones 8-6 Birchard
* Briscoe 7-6 Reed
* MacKay 10-5 Kilgallen
* Brown 9-2 Meilleur

### Tiebreakers

* Birchard 11-4 Reed
* Robertson 12-3 Einarson

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Jones | 5 | | | | B1 | Englot | 8 |
| B1 | Englot | 9 | | | | B2 | Robertson | 6 |
| | | | A1 | Jones | 6 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Robertson | 8 | | | |
| A2 | Birchard | 6 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Robertson | 7 | | | | | | |

### R1 vs B1

Saturday, January 28, 7:45 pm

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jennifer Jones | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Michelle Englot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |

### R2 vs B2

Saturday, January 28, 7:45 pm

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shannon Birchard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Darcy Robertson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, January 29, 9:00 am

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jennifer Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Darcy Robertson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |

### Final

Sunday, January 29, 3:00 pm

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michelle Englot | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Darcy Robertson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

* 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
* Michelle Englot 1st Manitoba Provincial Championship title
