The Best Women’s Curlers in Canada Headline the 2023 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS, Beginning February 17 on TSN
– Former SCOTTIES winner Joanne Courtney joins TSN’s broadcast team, featuring play-by-play commentators Vic Rauter and Bryan Mudryk, alongside analysts Cathy Gauthier and Russ Howard – – Eighteen teams compete for the opportunity to represent Canada in the WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP – – Fan-favourite special CURLING DAY IN CANADA returns Saturday, Feb. 25, highlighting unique stories from across the country’s curling landscape –
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TORONTO (February 6, 2023) – They’re ready to rock the house! Canada’s top women’s curlers compete on TSN, as the 2023 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS gets underway Friday, Feb. 17 beginning at 9 p.m. ET on TSN, TSN.ca, and the TSN app. Eighteen teams leave it all on the ice as they compete for a berth in the WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP from March 18-26. TSN’s complete curling broadcast schedule is available here.
Play-by-play commentators Vic Rauter and Bryan Mudryk are on-site in Kamloops, B.C., delivering the call alongside analysts Cathy Gauthier, a three-time SCOTTIES champion; and Russ Howard, a two-time BRIER and World Championship winner and 2006 Olympic gold medallist. Joining the TSN team for the tournament is analyst Joanne Courtney, a former SCOTTIES winner, Women’s World Champion, and 2018 Olympian.
CURLING DAY IN CANADA on TSN
TSN’s fan-favourite special CURLING DAY IN CANADA returns on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. ET on TSN, TSN.ca, and the TSN app, immediately following the first page playoff at the SCOTTIES. Hosted by TSN’s Lindsay Hamilton and Bob Weeks, the hour-long program shines a spotlight on diversity and inclusion within the curling community. The special highlights a curling program in Winnipeg for Ukrainian refugees; outlines the various obstacles overcome by Nigeria’s curling team; and discusses how curling organizers are seeking to provide greater opportunities to play within racialized and Indigenous communities.
With live updates from the first Curling Day In Canada Festival in Banff, the special also features an exclusive interview with three-time defending SCOTTIES champion skip Kerri Einarson.
The field at the 2023 Scotties Tournament Of Hearts features:
- Team Canada – Skip: Kerri Einarson
- Team Alberta – Skip: Kayla Skrlik
- Team British Columbia – Skip: Clancy Grandy
- Team Manitoba – Skip: Jennifer Jones
- Team New Brunswick – Skip: Andrea Kelly
- Team Newfoundland & Labrador – Skip: Stacie Curtis
- Team Northern Ontario – Skip: Krista McCarville
- Team Northwest Territories – Skip: Kerry Galusha
- Team Nova Scotia – Skip: Christina Black
- Team Nunavut – Skip: Brigitte MacPhail
- Team Ontario – Skip: Tracy Fleury
- Team Prince Edward Island – Skip: Suzanne Birt
- Team Québec – Skip: Laurie St-Georges
- Team Saskatchewan – Skip: Robyn Silvernagle
- Team Yukon – Skip: Hailey Birnie
- Team Wild Card #1 – Skip: Kaitlyn Lawes
- Team Wild Card #2 – Skip: Casey Scheidegger
- Team Wild Card #3 – Skip: Meghan Walter
TSN digital platforms provide SCOTTIES highlights, must-see moments, and analysis across TSN.ca, the TSN app, and the network’s official Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok accounts.
Weeks primes fans for the tournament with a new edition of TSN’s curling videocast Rock Talk, interviewing top competitors and outlining which teams are set up to make a run at the SCOTTIES title.
TSN.ca features extended highlights from all draws, as well as comprehensive, on-location updates live from Kamloops from curling reporter Ryan Horne, including a multitude of interviews with top players.
French-language coverage of the 2023 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS is available on RDS.
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