After some uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts is here.
Canada's national women's curling championship begins on Feb. 19 with 18 teams hitting the sheets in Calgary, Alta. Normally scheduled to take place with 16 teams — and two teams duking it out for a wild-card entry — Curling Canada opted to expand to ensure more than one game for the teams that normally would have played for the last spot because of the travel and COVID-19 protocols undertaken. It marks the first time in the tournament's 40-year history that the field has been expanded.
Every province and territory will be represented with the majority of representatives selected without playdowns. The only ones to hold playdowns were Newfoundland and Labrador (Team Sarah Hill), Northwest Territories (Team Kerry Galusha), Prince Edward Island (Team Suzanne Birt) and Yukon (Team Laura Eby).
Manitoba will be well-represented as all three wild-card teams, Kerri Einarson and Jennifer Jones will be competing. Jones has won the tournament six times and won gold at the 2014 Olympics.
Einarson skipped 2020's winner, Team Manitoba, and was in place to represent Canada at the 2021 Women's World Curling Championship; however, that was canceled because of the pandemic. This year's winner will also not compete at a world championship, as the event was also canceled. If it is rescheduled, they will represent Canada.
Here's everything you need to know for the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
When is the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts?
This year's tournament begins Feb. 19, with the final scheduled to take place Feb. 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Where is the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts taking place?
Originally scheduled to take place in Thunder Bay, Ont., teams will now compete in a bubble in Calgary, Alta. The Markin MacPhail Centre in Canada Olympic Park will serve as the host.
Are fans allowed?
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, fans will not be allowed to be in attendance for this year's tournament. The bubble in Calgary is similar to the ones the NHL (Edmonton and Toronto) and the 2021 IIHF World Juniors Championship (Edmonton) held.
What channel is the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on in Canada?
The Scotties will be broadcast on TSN and RDS2, with live streaming available on TSN.ca, the TSN app and ESPN+.
What is the purse for the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts?
In 2020, the purses for the women's and men's curling championships (Tim Hortons Brier) were equal for the first time.
With 18 teams competing in 2021, the amounts awarded decreased slightly (down $5,000 each for first, second and third) to accommodate the extra teams.
Here's the breakdown for 2021:
Total purse: $300,000
1st: $100,000
2nd: $60,000
3rd: $40,000
Championship Pool (4th-8th): $15,000
Non-Championship Pool (9th-18th): $2,500
Who won the past 10 Scotties Tournament of Hearts?
2011: Saskatchewan (Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk)
2012: Alberta (Heather Nedohin, Beth Iskiw, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters)
2013: Ontario (Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle)
2014: Canada (Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle)
2015: Manitoba (Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen)
2016: Alberta (Chelsea Carey, Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters)
2017: Ontario (Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle)
2018: Manitoba (Jennifer Jones, Shannon Birchard, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen)
2019: Alberta (Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown)
2020: Manitoba (Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur)
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts pool standings
Split into two pools of nine, teams will compete in eight round-robin games. The top four teams (with their records transferring over) will then advance to the Championship Pool, where they will play four games — one against the top four teams from the other pool.
In 2021, there will be no page playoff; the top team will automatically advance to the final and the second and third-place teams will battle for the other championship-game spot.
Pool A
| Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| x-Ontario (Homan) | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| x-Canada (Einarson) | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| x-Wild Card #3 (Peterson) | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| x-Alberta (Walker) | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Northwest Territories (Galusha) | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Wild Card #2 (Zacharias) | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Nova Scotia (Brothers) | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Northern Ontario (Burns) | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Yukon (Eby) | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Pool B
| Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| x-Saskatchewan (Anderson) | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| x-Manitoba (Jones) | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| x-Quebec (St-Georges) | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| x-Wild Card #1 (Fleury) | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| British Columbia (Brown) | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Prince Edward Island (Birt) | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| New Brunswick (Adams) | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador (Hill) | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Nunavut (Eddy) | 8 | 0 | 8 |
x-advanced to championship pool
Championship Pool
Records carry over from pool play.
| Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| z-1. Ontario (Homan) | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| zz-2. Canada (Einarson) | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| zzz-3. Alberta (Walker) | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| zzz-4. Manitoba (Jones) | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| y-5. Wild Card 3 (Peterson) | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| y-6. Wild Card 1 (Fleury) | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| y-7. Saskatchewan (Anderson) | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| y-8. Quebec (St-Georges) | 12 | 6 | 6 |
z-advanced to final; zz-advanced to playoff; zzz-tiebreak; y-eliminated from playoffs
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts pool schedule, results
Draw 1 (Feb. 19, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Northern Ontario — 8
Northwest Territories — 7
Sheet B
Yukon — 2
Wild Card 3 — 10
Sheet C
Alberta — 10
Nova Scotia — 5
Sheet D
Canada — 7
Wild Card 2 — 3
Draw 2 (Feb. 20, 10:30 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Newfoundland and Labrador — 8
New Brunswick — 7
Sheet B
Manitoba — 7
Quebec — 4
Sheet C
Nunavut — 3
Wild Card 1 — 6
Sheet D
Prince Edward Island — 7
Saskatchewan — 6
Draw 3 (Feb. 20, 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Yukon — 4
Nova Scotia — 13
Sheet B
Alberta — 7
Wild Card 2 — 5
Sheet C
Northwest Territories
Canada
This game has been postponed "out of an abundance of caution." Curling Canada announced that a member of the Northwest Territories got sick overnight with a suspected case of food poisoning. COVID-19 testing is being conducted. The game will now take place on Monday at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Sheet D
Wild Card 3 — 4
Ontario — 9
Draw 4 (Feb. 20, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Manitoba — 2
Wild Card 1 — 9
Sheet B
Nunavut — 3
Saskatchewan — 9
Sheet C
New Brunswick — 4
Prince Edward Island — 12
Sheet D
Quebec — 9
British Columbia — 5
Draw 5 (Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Canada — 6
Wild Card 3 — 4
Sheet B
Nova Scotia — 5
Northwest Territories — 9
Sheet C
Yukon — 3
Ontario — 8
Sheet D
Northern Ontario — 2
Alberta — 12
Draw 6 (Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Prince Edward Island — 6
Quebec — 8
Sheet B
Wild Card 1 — 9
New Brunswick — 2
Sheet C
Manitoba — 14
British Columbia — 5
Sheet D
Newfoundland and Labrador — 9
Nunavut — 3
Draw 7 (Feb. 21, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Ontario — 6
Alberta — 5
Sheet B
Canada — 12
Northern Ontario — 4
Sheet C
Nova Scotia — 8
Wild Card 3 — 5
Sheet D
Wild Card 2 — 15
Yukon — 3
Draw 3 continued (Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m. ET)
Sheet C
Northwest Territories — 4
Canada — 8
This game was postponed "out of an abundance of caution" on Saturday. Curling Canada announced that a member of the Northwest Territories got sick overnight with a suspected case of food poisoning. COVID-19 testing was conducted and came back negative.
Draw 8 (Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
British Columbia — 11
Nunavut — 2
Sheet B
Prince Edward Island — 12
Newfoundland and Labrador — 8
Sheet C
Wild Card 1 — 7
Quebec — 8
Sheet D
Saskatchewan — 5
Manitoba — 4
Draw 9 (Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Northwest Territories — 6
Wild Card 2 — 5
Sheet B
Wild Card 3 — 6
Alberta — 4
Sheet C
Northern Ontario — 8
Yukon — 7
Sheet D
Ontario — 8
Nova Scotia — 3
Draw 10 (Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
New Brunswick — 7
Saskatchewan — 6
Sheet B
Quebec — 7
Nunavut — 5
Sheet C
Newfoundland and Labrador — 5
Manitoba — 6
Sheet D
British Columbia — 7
Wild Card 1 — 5
Draw 11 (Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Nova Scotia — 3
Canada — 8
Sheet B
Northern Ontario — 3
Ontario — 10
Sheet C
Wild Card 3 — 5
Wild Card 2 — 4
Sheet D
Alberta — 8
Northwest Territories — 3
Draw 12 (Feb. 23, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Wild Card 1 — 10
Prince Edward Island — 6
Sheet B
Newfoundland and Labrador — 1
British Columbia — 10
Sheet C
Quebec — 6
Saskatchewan — 9
Sheet D
Nunavut — 8
New Brunswick — 9 (F/11)
Draw 13 (Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Wild Card 3 — 9
Northern Ontario — 5
Sheet B
Wild Card 2 — 6
Nova Scotia — 5
Sheet C
Ontario — 5
Northwest Territories — 7
Sheet D
Yukon — 7
Canada — 11
Draw 14 (Feb. 24, 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Quebec — 9
Newfoundland and Labrador — 4
Sheet B
Saskatchewan — 8
Wild Card 1 — 7
Sheet C
British Columbia — 5
New Brunswick — 9
Sheet D
Manitoba — 9
Prince Edward Island — 5
Draw 15 (Feb. 24, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Wild Card 2 — 6
Ontario — 8
Sheet B
Northwest Territories — 10
Yukon — 2
Sheet C
Canada — 8
Alberta — 3
Sheet D
Nova Scotia — 8
Northern Ontario — 3
Draw 16 (Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Saskatchewan — 8
British Columbia — 7
Sheet B
New Brunswick — 3
Manitoba — 12
Sheet C
Prince Edward Island — 10
Nunavut — 8
Sheet D
Wild Card 1 — 11
Newfoundland and Labrador — 2
Draw 17 (Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Alberta — 11
Yukon — 1
Sheet B
Ontario — 7
Canada — 4
Sheet C
Wild Card 2 — 9
Northern Ontario — 4
Sheet D
Northwest Territories — 8
Wild Card 3 — 9
Draw 18 (Feb. 25, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Nunavut — 3
Manitoba — 9
Sheet B
British Columbia — 9
Prince Edward Island — 5
Sheet C
Saskatchewan — 9
Newfoundland and Labrador — 3
Sheet D
New Brunswick — 7
Quebec — 9
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship Pool, schedule results
Tiebreaker (Feb. 26, 10 a.m. ET)
A tiebreaker was not necessary.
Draw 19 (Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Alberta (Pool A fourth place) — 7
Quebec (Pool B third place) — 6
Sheet B
Saskatchewan (Pool B first place) — 6
Canada (Pool A second place) — 10
Sheet C
Ontario (Pool A first place) — 7
Wild Card 1 (Pool B fourth place) — 6
Sheet D
Manitoba (Pool B second place) — 12
Wild Card 3 (Pool A third place) — 8
Draw 20 (Feb. 26, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Wild Card 3 (Pool A third place) — 10 (F/11)
Saskatchewan (Pool B first place) — 9
Sheet B
Quebec (Pool B third place) — 7
Ontario (Pool A first place) — 8 (F/11)
Sheet C
Manitoba (Pool B second place) — 5
Alberta (Pool A fourth place) — 7
Sheet D
Canada (Pool A second place) — 9
Wild Card 1 (Pool B fourth place) — 3
Draw 21 (Feb. 27, 2:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Ontario (Pool A first place) — 1
Manitoba (Pool B second place) — 9
Sheet B
Wild Card 1 (Pool B fourth place) — 6
Wild Card 3 (Pool A third place) — 5
Sheet C
Quebec (Pool B third place) — 4
Canada (Pool A second place) — 7
Sheet D
Alberta (Pool A fourth place) — 9
Saskatchewan (Pool B first place) — 4
Draw 22 (Feb. 27, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Wild Card 1 (Pool B fourth place) — 4
Alberta (Pool A fourth place) — 9
Sheet B
Canada (Pool A second place)— 9
Manitoba (Pool B second place) — 10 (F/11)
Sheet C
Saskatchewan (Pool B first place) — 2
Ontario (Pool A first place) — 7
Sheet D
Wild Card 3 (Pool A third place) — 10
Quebec (Pool B third place) — 3
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts playoffs, schedule results
Tiebreaker (Feb. 28, 10 a.m. ET)
Alberta — 8
Manitoba — 9
Semifinal (Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet B
Alberta — 3
Canada — 9
Gold medal (Feb. 28, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Sheet B
Ontario — 7
Canada — 8