2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Host city	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arena	Mayflower Curling Club
Dates	January 24–29
Winner	Mary Mattatall
Curling club	, Kentville & Mayflower CC, Halifax[1]
Skip	Mary Mattatall
Third
Second
Lead	Margaret Cutcliffe
Finalist	Jill Brothers
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The 2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 24 to 29 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The winning Mary Mattatall team represented Nova Scotia at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The winning Mattatall rink were all senior-aged, with all members of the team being over 50 years old. Mattatall won her sixth provincial title of her career, and her first since 2005 when she played third for . Third and second had both won provincial seniors titles in 2010 and lead Marg Cutcliffe won the provincial masters championship in 2016 for curlers over 60.^[2]

The top seed in the event was the defending champion Jill Brothers team, which earned a direct spot in the tournament along with former World Champion Mary-Anne Arsenault.^[3]

Teams[]

Teams were as follows:^[4]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
Mary-Anne Arsenault	Christina Black	Jennifer Crouse	Jennifer Baxter		, Dartmouth
Theresa Breen					, Dartmouth
Jill Brothers	Erin Carmody	Blisse Joyce	Jenn Brine	Sarah Murphy	Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Christie Gamble					Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
				Marie Christianson	Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Mary Mattatall					, Kentville Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Nancy McConnery					, Windsor
					, Halifax

Round robin standings[]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Skip	W	L
Mattatall	6	1
Brothers	5	2
Breen	4	3
McEvoy	4	3
Arsenault	3	4
MacDarmid	3	4
Gamble	2	5
McConnery	1	6

Scores[]

Draw 1

• Arsenault 9-8 McConnery
• Brothers 5-4 Gamble
• Mattatall 7-4 Breen
• McEvoy 10-5 MacDiarmid

Draw 2

• Breen 9-4 Gamble
• Arsenault 6-5 McEvoy
• MacDiarmid 8-6 McConnery
• Mattatall 7-6 Brothers

Draw 3

• Mattatall 7-5 MacDiarmid
• Breen 10-4 McConnery
• Brothers 6-4 McEvoy
• Gamble 7-4 Arsenault

Draw 4

• McEvoy 8-7 McConnery
• Mattatall 8-4 Gamble
• MacDiarmid 6-5 Arsenault
• Brothers 7-4 Breen

Draw 5

• Arsenault 7-5 Mattatall
• McConnery 8-6 Brothers
• McEvoy 5-4 Breen
• MacDiarmid 8-3 Gamble

Draw 6

• Brothers 6-4 MacDiarmid
• Mattatall 7-6 McEvoy
• Gamble 11-7 McConnery
• Breen 7-5 Arsenault

Draw 7

• McEvoy 9-4 Gamble
• Breen 7-6 MacDiarmid
• Brothers 6-5 Arsenault
• Mattatall 7-4 McConnery

Tiebreaker

• Breen 8-4 McEvoy

Playoffs[]

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Mary Mattatall	10
						2	Jill Brothers	4
	2	Jill Brothers	7
	3	Theresa Breen	5

Semifinal[]

Saturday, January 28, 6:00pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Theresa Breen	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Jill Brothers	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7

Final[]

Sunday, January 29, 2:00pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mary Mattatall	0	1	0	2	0	2	5	0	X	X	10
Jill Brothers	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4

2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Mary Mattatall 6th Nova Scotia Provincial Championship title

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