The 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The winning team represented Canada at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 16 to 24 at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark. The final game featured the largest comeback in Scotties Finals history (according to TSN statistics). Alberta's Chelsea Carey came back from a 5–1 deficit, winning the championship 8–6 thanks to 5 total steal points in the second half, and two dramatic misses by Ontario's Rachel Homan.[1]
This year's tournament was notable for Nunavut winning their first Scotties round robin game ever, defeating Quebec's Gabrielle Lavoie 4–3 in Draw 1;[2] and the highest scoring game ever at a Canadian women's curling championship in Draw 10 with Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Birt winning 13–12 in an extra end over New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford, a total match score of 25 points.[3]
Team Canada's Jennifer Jones set a new record for the most Canadian national women's championship game wins as a skip when she skipped the 141st victory of her Scotties career over British Columbia's Sarah Wark in Draw 18 on February 22.[4]
In advance of the 2018–19 season, Rachel Homan was guaranteed a spot in the wildcard game if her team did not win their provincial championship. The team was forced to decline their Team Canada berth in the 2018 Scotties due to qualifying for the Olympics.[7] However, had Homan been eliminated from the provincials, her team would have qualified for the game without the guaranteed spot as they led the CTRS standings.
The top four teams from each pool advanced to the Championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games were not carried forward.
^ abTeam Ontario alternate Cheryl Kreviazuk threw second stones for the last two ends of Draw 3, for the last four ends of Draw 5 and the last five ends of Draw 13.
^ abTeam Nunavut alternate Sadie Pinksen threw lead stones during the round robin; Megan Ingram threw lead stones for three ends in Draw 9.
^With Team Canada's victory, Jennifer Jones became the winningest skip at the Canadian national women's championship (141 victories), surpassing Colleen Jones.[4]
^Strong, Gregory (February 24, 2019). "Carey beats Homan to win 2nd career Scotties". TSN.ca. The Canadian Press. Retrieved March 8, 2020. ... Photographer Andrew Klaver was named the winner of the TSN Paul McLean Award. The honour is presented to a media member who has made a significant contribution to the sport.
