2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out

2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta
Arena	Saville Community Sports Centre
Dates	September 11–14
Men's winner	Brendan Bottcher
Curling club	Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third
Second	Bradley Thiessen
Lead	Karrick Martin
Finalist	Steve Laycock
Women's winner	Chelsea Carey
Curling club	Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Skip	Chelsea Carey
Third	Laura Crocker
Second	Taylor McDonald
Lead	Jen Gates
Finalist	Valerie Sweeting

The 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out was held from September 11 to 14 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.^[1] The event was held on Week 3 of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The men's event had a purse of CAD$22,000, and the women's event had a purse of CAD$27,000. The winning team in each event won CAD$6,000.

Local teams from Edmonton won both the men's and women's events. On the men's side, Brendan Bottcher's rink defeated Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock in an extra end. The women's side featured two Edmonton rinks, as Manitoba-transplant Chelsea Carey and her new team beat Valerie Sweeting to claim their first World Curling Tour title in their very first event as a team.

Men[]

The men's event has a triple knockout format, followed by an eight-team playoff.

Teams[]

Teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Matthew Blandford	Darren Moulding			Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Bottcher		Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Brady Clark	Greg Persinger		Phil Tilker	Seattle, Washington
				Edmonton, Alberta
				Edmonton, Alberta
Jamie King				Edmonton, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mick Lizmore		Parker Konschuh		Edmonton, Alberta
Sven Michel		Simon Gempeler		Adelboden, Switzerland
	Ted Appelman			Sherwood Park, Alberta
Robert Schlender	Kevin Park			Edmonton, Alberta
Thomas Scoffin				Edmonton, Alberta
Aaron Sluchinski				Airdrie, Alberta
				Calgary, Alberta
Brock Virtue	Charley Thomas		D. J. Kidby	Calgary, Alberta
Wade White		Dan Holowaychuk		Edmonton, Alberta

Knockout Results[]

A Event[]

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Steve Laycock		6
			2			Steve Laycock		2
	Aaron Sluchinski		4			Jamie King		8
	Jamie King		6								Jamie King		5
	Brendan Bottcher		4								Brendan Bottcher		3
			1			Brendan Bottcher		5
	Brock Virtue		6			Brock Virtue		3
	Thomas Scoffin		4

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
	Sven Michel		2
			7					4
	Mick Lizmore		7			Mick Lizmore		6
	Robert Schlender		3								Mick Lizmore		4
	Brady Clark		5								Matthew Blandford		5
			3			Brady Clark		7
	Matthew Blandford		6			Matthew Blandford		8
	Wade White		4

B Event[]

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
						Brady Clark		5
			3			Aaron Sluchinski		6
	Aaron Sluchinski		6								Aaron Sluchinski		7
													2
								7
			5					3
	Thomas Scoffin		4													Aaron Sluchinski		1
																Mick Lizmore		6

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
						Brock Virtue		5
	Sven Michel		5			Sven Michel		2
	Robert Schlender		2								Brock Virtue		4
											Steve Laycock		3
						Steve Laycock		8
			4			Wade White		6
	Wade White		9													Brock Virtue		5
																Brendan Bottcher		2

C Event[]

	Third Knockout					Qualifier 5
			3
	Thomas Scoffin		5			Thomas Scoffin		3
						Steve Laycock		4

	Third Knockout					Qualifier 6
	Sven Michel		6
	Wade White		3			Sven Michel		0
						Aaron Sluchinski		7

	Third Knockout					Qualifier 7
	Robert Schlender		8
			2			Robert Schlender		1
								5

	Third Knockout					Qualifier 8
	Brady Clark		5
			7					0
						Brendan Bottcher		7

Playoffs[]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Matthew Blandford		3
			6
								3
						Brendan Bottcher		4
	Mick Lizmore		4
	Brendan Bottcher		6
											Brendan Bottcher		7
											Steve Laycock		6
	Jamie King		4
	Steve Laycock		5
						Steve Laycock		7
						Brock Virtue		5
	Brock Virtue		7
	Aaron Sluchinski		2

Women[]

The women's event is a round robin with four pools followed by an eight-team playoff.

Teams[]

Teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
				Biggar, Saskatchewan
Chelsea Carey	Laura Crocker	Taylor McDonald	Jen Gates	Edmonton, Alberta
Nadine Chyz	Heather Jensen			Calgary, Alberta
				Grande Prairie, Alberta
				Edmonton, Alberta
Chantelle Eberle				Regina, Saskatchewan
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Edmonton, Alberta
				Crestwood, Alberta
	Kalynn Park			Calgary, Alberta
Michèle Jäggi	Michelle Gribi			Bern, Switzerland
Sherry Just				Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
				Edmonton, Alberta
Kristie Moore	Sarah Wilkes		Alison Kotylak	Edmonton, Alberta
Heather Nedohin	Amy Nixon	Jessica Mair	Laine Peters	Edmonton, Alberta
Susan O'Connor			Cori Morris	Calgary, Alberta
Cissi Östlund	Sabina Kraupp	Sara Carlsson		Karlstad, Sweden
Alina Pätz	Nadine Lehmann	Marisa Winkelhausen	Nicole Schwägli	Baden, Switzerland
		Jenna Loder		Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kelsey Rocque	Keely Brown			Edmonton, Alberta
		Kathleen Dunbar		Edmonton, Alberta
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Brittany Tran	Lethbridge, Alberta
Valerie Sweeting	Andrea Crawford	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Pidherny	Edmonton, Alberta
Jessie Kaufman (fourth)	Crystal Webster (skip)	Geri-Lynn Ramsay		Calgary, Alberta

Round Robin Standings[]

After Draw 9

Green Pool W L Valerie Sweeting 5 0 Kristie Moore 4 1 Chantelle Eberle 2 3 2 3 Cecilia Östlund 1 4 1 4

Grey Pool W L Heather Nedohin 4 1 Casey Scheidegger 4 1 3 2 Crystal Webster 2 3 1 4 1 4

Gold Pool W L Susan O'Connor 4 1 Alina Pätz 4 1 3 2 Nadine Chyz 3 2 Sherry Just 1 4 0 5

Black Pool W L Michèle Jäggi 5 0 Chelsea Carey 4 1 2 3 Kerri Einarson 2 3 1 4 Kelsey Rocque 1 4

Playoffs[]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Valerie Sweeting		5
	Alina Pätz		4
						Valerie Sweeting		6
						Susan O'Connor		3
	Susan O'Connor		6
	Casey Scheidegger		4
											Valerie Sweeting		3
											Chelsea Carey		5
	Michèle Jäggi		4
	Kristie Moore		8
						Kristie Moore		2
						Chelsea Carey		5
	Heather Nedohin		2
	Chelsea Carey		6

References[]

External links[]

• Men's results from the CurlingZone database
• Women's results from the CurlingZone database