The 2012

Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Scotties Tournament of Hearts ('; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Can ...

, the Canadian women's national

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championship, was held from Saturday, February 18 to Sunday, February 26 at the ENMAX Centrium in

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. This Tournament of Hearts marked the second time that Red Deer has hosted the Scotties; the first time that the Scotties was hosted in Red Deer was in

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. The winning team, Heather Nedohin of Alberta, went on to represent Canada at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in

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. Nedohin won the final after she defeated British Columbia's

Kelly Scott Kelly Scott (born June 1, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. Career 1995–2005 Scott won the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and the 1995 World Junior Curling ...

with a score of 7–6. Nedohin's championship win was the seventh win by the home team of the host province and the first championship win for Alberta in fourteen years.

Teams

The defending champions, skipped by Amber Holland, returned to their third Scotties in a row, for the first time wearing the red and white for Canada. They were looking to build momentum off of last year's success, when they won their first Canadian Women's Championship. The last time a team from Saskatchewan won back to back championships was in 1994 when Team Canada's Sandra Peterson (Schmirler) defeated Manitoba's

Connie Laliberte Connie Laliberte (born October 21, 1960) is a Canadian retired curler from Manitoba and world champion. In 2019, Laliberte was named the tenth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers. Field ...

to win her second National Title. The road to a second national title was not going to be an easy one for the defending champions, as this year's field proved to be a difficult one. For the seventh time, in eight years

Kerry Galusha Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curlin ...

represented the Northwest Territories/Yukon. Galusha has added Sharon Cormier to her team, and together the team had found early success on the World Curling Tour, defeating several top teams, and qualifying for an event. Making her 10th Scotties appearance, Heather Strong represented Newfoundland and Labrador. Strong's last appearance was in 2009, when her team went 5-6. Strong has never advanced beyond a tiebreaker and was looking for a spot in the playoffs. Manitoba's spot to the Scotties was hotly contested and had several top teams vying for the provincial title.

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nomin ...

won the provincial final over

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the and Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba p ...

. Jones, who made her 9th appearance at the Scotties, was looking for her 5th national title, but fell short. British Columbia's provincial playoffs saw four past provincial champions looking to win a place at the Scotties.

defeated Marla Mallett in the final to win the provincial championship. Scott missed out on the playoffs last year.

Kim Dolan Kim Dolan (born Kim McLeod, April 12, 1958, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler. Career 1983–1999 Kim Dolan first made a national appearance on the curling scene in 1983. She won her first provincial championship an ...

represented Prince Edward Island. This was Dolan's first provincial win in 13 years, and also marked her 12th and final Scotties appearance. Nova Scotia was represented by Heather Smith-Dacey, who finished third at last year's Scotties, but failed to make the playoffs at this event. Michelle Englot represented Saskatchewan making her 8th appearance. Her last trip to the Scotties was in 2008 and was a difficult one, having lost her father the day before the event began. This time around was a much better time for Englot.

Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche (born June 5, 1980, in Lévis, Quebec) is a Canadian curler. She is currently the alternate on Team Laurie St-Georges. In 2022 she won the World Mixed Curling Championship playing third for skip Jean-Michel Ménard. Care ...

represented Quebec for the second year in a row, making her 7th Scotties appearance with a new team. Andrea Kelly of New Brunswick made her 5th appearance at the Scotties with a new lineup. Kelly recently promoted her third,

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, to skip, and Kelly continued to throw fourth stones. Ontario was represented by the team skipped by Tracy Horgan, who made her first Scotties appearance after stealing the win over

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...

in the Ontario provincial final. Heather Nedohin represented Alberta, marking the first time in twelve years that Nedohin has been to a Scotties. Nedohin is a former Scotties champion under skip Cathy King.

Map of teams

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times listed in

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( UTC-7:00).

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 18, 1:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, February 18, 6:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 19, 8:30 am''

Draw 4

''Sunday, February 19, 1:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, February 19, 6:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Monday, February 20, 8:30 am''

Draw 7

''Monday, February 20, 1:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Monday, February 20, 7:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, February 21, 8:30 am''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, February 21, 1:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, February 21, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, February 22, 8:30 am''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, February 22, 1:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, February 22, 7:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, February 23, 8:30 am''

Draw 16

''Thursday, February 23, 1:30 pm''

Draw 17

''Thursday, February 23, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, February 24, 7:30 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, February 25, 11:00 am''

Semifinal

''Saturday, February 25, 4:00 pm''

Bronze-medal game

''Sunday, February 26, 8:30 am''

Final

''Sunday, February 26, 1:30 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 Player Percentages

''Round Robin only; minimum 6 games''

Perfect games

''Round robin only; minimum 10 shots thrown''

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are as follows: ; Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award * Heather Nedohin, Alberta ; Shot of the Week Award * Sasha Carter, British Columbia ; Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award * Amanda Gates, Ontario ;All-Star Teams ''First Team'' * Skip:

, Manitoba * Third:

Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...

, Manitoba * Second:

Jill Officer Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at t ...

, Manitoba * Lead:

Dawn Askin Dawn Kathleen McEwen ( Askin; born July 3, 1980) is a Canadian semi-retired curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the long-time lead for the Jennifer Jones rink, who became Olympic champions, winning gold for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympic ...

, Manitoba ''Second Team'' * Skip:

, British Columbia * Third: Beth Iskiw, Alberta * Second: Jessica Mair, Alberta * Lead: Laine Peters, Alberta

Notes

References

External links

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