Leading the way, of course, is Saskatchewan’s Robyn Silvernagle.
The North Battleford product repeated as Viterra Scotties provincial champion and will open the Canadian women’s curling championship against New Brunswick’s Andrea Crawford during the first draw at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Round robin action will continue through Wednesday, Feb. 19, with draws each day at 8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. before the top four teams from each round robin pool are re-seeded into an eight-team championship pool, with round robin records carrying over.
Teams will play four games against the four teams from the opposite pool beginning Thursday, Feb. 20, with tiebreakers at 8 a.m. if necessary and championship pool games at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The championship pool wraps up with two draws on Friday, Feb. 21 at 12:30 p.m. at 6:30 p.m., with the Page Playoffs kicking off the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 22 with the 3-4 game at 1 p.m. and 1-2 game taking place at 6 p.m.
The semifinals will run at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, followed by the championship final at 6 p.m. that same day.
Saskatchewan will play a pair of games on Sandra Schmirler Telethon Day, which will run throughout the day Sunday, Feb. 15. Fans who jumped on the buy-one get-one ticket deal before Christmas will have a chance to see Silvernagle battle Team Canada’s Chelsea Carey at 1:30 p.m. and Nunavut’s Lori Eddy in the evening draw at 6:30 p.m.
Saskatchewan will have the majority of Monday, Feb. 17 off before facing Alberta’s Laura Walker in the 6:30 p.m. draw. They’re back on the ice for the 1:30 p.m. draw on Tuesday, Feb. 18 against Quebec’s Noemie Verreault and will take the ice in the marquee match-up against Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson at 6:30 p.m.
Silvernagle closes out the preliminary round against Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
For the full Scotties draw and to purchase tickets, be sure to click here for a rundown of all the games and to buy ticket packs or individual draws
Friday, Feb. 14
Wild Card Game, 7:30 p.m., FREE ADMISSION: Tracey Fleury (Manitoba) vs. Jennifer Jones (Manitoba).
Saturday Feb. 15
Draw 1 (1:30 p.m.) – Northern Ontario (McCarville) vs. Canada (Carey); Saskatchewan (Silvernagle) vs. New Brunswick (Crawford); P.E.I (Birt) vs. B.C. (Brown), Northwest Territories (Galusha) vs. Nova Scotia (Arsenault).
Draw 2 (6:30 p.m.) – Wild Card vs. Ontario (Homan), Newfoundland (Curtis) vs. Yukon (Birnie), Quebec (Verreault) vs. Manitoba (Einarson), Nunavut (Eddy) vs. Alberta (Walker).
Sunday, Feb. 16
Draw 3 (8:30 a.m.) – Manitoba vs. Nunavut; Quebec vs. Alberta; Yukon vs. Wild Card; Newfoundland vs. Ontario.
Draw 4 (1:30 p.m.) – B.C. vs. Northwest Territories; P.E.I. vs. Nova Scotia; New Brunswick vs. Ontario, Saskatchewan vs. Canada.
Draw 5 (6:30 p.m.) – Alberta vs. New Brunswick; Nunavut vs. Saskatchewan; Ontario vs. P.E.I.; Wild Card vs. B.C.
Monday, Feb. 17
Draw 6 (8:30 a.m.) – Nova Scotia vs. Yukon; Northwest Territory vs. Newfoundland; Canada vs. Quebec; Northern Ontario vs. Manitoba.
Draw 7 (1:30 p.m.) – Quebec vs. Northern Ontario; Manitoba vs. Canada; Newfoundland vs. Nova Scotia; Yukon vs. Northwest Territories.
Draw 8 (6:30 p.m.) – P.E.I. vs. Wild Card; B.C. vs. Ontario; Saskatchewan vs. Alberta; New Brunswick vs. Nunavut.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Draw 9 (8:30 a.m.) – Canada vs. Alberta; Northern Ontario vs. Nunavut; B.C. vs. Yukon; P.E.I vs. Newfoundland.
Draw 10 (1:30 p.m.) – Ontario vs. Nova Scotia; Wild Card vs. Northwest Territories; Manitoba vs. New Brunswick; Quebec vs. Saskatchewan.
Draw 11 (6:30 p.m.) – Saskatchewan vs. Manitoba, New Brunswick vs. Quebec, Northern Ontario vs. Ontario; Nova Scotia vs Wild Card.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Draw 12 (8:30 a.m.) – Newfoundland vs. B.C.; Yukon vs. P.E.I.; Nunavut vs. Canada; Alberta vs. Northern Ontario.
Draw 13 (1:30 p.m.) – Northwest Territories vs. P.E.I.; Nova Scotia vs. B.C.; Wild Card vs. Newfoundland; Ontario vs. Yukon.
Draw 14 (6:30 p.m.) – Nunavut vs. Quebec, Alberta vs. Manitoba; Northern Ontario vs. Saskatchewan, Canada vs. New Brunswick.
Thursday, Feb, 20
Draw 15 (8 a.m.) – Tiebreakers if necessary.
Draw 16 (12:30 p.m.) – A4 vs. B3; B1 vs. A2; A1 vs B4; B2 vs. A3.
Draw 17 (6:30 p.m.) – A3 vs. B1; B3 vs. A1; B2 vs. A4; A2 vs. B4.
Friday, Feb. 21
Draw 18 (12:30 p.m.) – A1 vs. B2; B4 vs. A3; B3 vs. A2; B1 vs. A4,
Draw 19 (6:30 p.m.) – B4 vs. A4; A2 vs. B2; B1 vs. A1; A3 vs. B3.
Saturday, Feb. 22
Draw 20 (8:30 a.m.) – Tiebreakers (if necessary).
Draw 21 (1 p.m.) – Page Playoff 3-4.
Draw 22 (6 p.m.) – Page Playoff 1-2.
Sunday, Feb. 23
11 a.m. – Semifinal.
6 p.m. – Final.
