2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2017 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert, Alberta. The winning Shannon Kleibrink team represented Alberta at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines.

2017 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Host city	St. Albert, Alberta
Arena	St. Albert Curling Club
Dates	January 25–29
Winner	Team Kleibrink
Curling club	Okotoks Curling Club, Okotoks
Skip	Shannon Kleibrink
Third	Lisa Eyamie
Second	Sarah Wilkes
Lead	Alison Thiessen
Alternate	Heather Nedohin
Finalist	Val Sweeting
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The 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink and her Okotoks, Alberta-based team never trailed in the final game against Val Sweeting. It was Kleibrink's fifth career provincial championship, but the first for her teammates. Kleibrink had missed a few games due to a back injury following a routine work-out session^[1] and was replaced by two-time Scotties champion Heather Nedohin.^[2] For Sweeting, her loss in the final was the second time in a row, as she had lost to Chelsea Carey in the final of the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.^[3]

Organizers of the event were pleased with the turnout of the event. It was the first provincial Scotties to be held in St. Albert since 1984.^[4]

Qualification Process

This is how the 12 teams qualified:^[5]

Qualification Method	Berths	Qualifying Team
CTRS leaders	2	Val Sweeting Casey Scheidegger
Alberta Tour	2	Nadine Chyz Shannon Kleibrink
Peace Region	2	Delia DeJong Trisha James
Northern Alberta	3	Holly Baird Karynn Flory Holly Scott
Southern Alberta	3	Geri-Lynn Ramsay Kalynn Virtue Jodi Marthaller

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
Holly Baird	Pam Appelman	Leslie Rogers	Chana Martineau		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Nadine Chyz	Heather Jensen	Rebecca Konschuh	Heather Rogers		The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Delia DeJong	Teryn Hamilton	Amy Janko	Megan Watchorn		Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Karynn Flory	Richelle Nanninga	Sydney Lewko	Sarah Brown		Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton
Trisha James	Michelle Gnam	Raeleigh Milner	Chelsey Whitney		Fairview Curling Club, Fairview
Shannon Kleibrink	Lisa Eyamie	Sarah Wilkes	Alison Thiessen	Heather Nedohin	Okotoks Curling Club, Okotoks
Jodi Marthaller	Tessa Ruetz	Nicole Larson	Valerie Ekelund		Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge
Geri-Lynn Ramsay	Jody McNabb	Brittany Tran	Claire Tully		North Hill Curling Club, Calgary
Val Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Stephanie Enright	Nikki Smith	Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge
Holly Scott	Megan Anderson	Tara Lamoureux	Trina Ball	Melissa Pierce	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Kalynn Virtue	Shana Snell	Amanda Craigie	Kaitlin Stubbs		Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge

Knockout brackets

A Event

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					A Qualifier
						Val Sweeting		7
	Holly Baird		13			Holly Baird		3
	Karynn Flory		1								Val Sweeting		6
	Geri-Lynn Ramsay		7								Geri-Lynn Ramsay		7
	Trisha James		6			Nadine Chyz		7
						Geri-Lynn Ramsay		9
																Geri-Lynn Ramsay		6
																Shannon Kleibrink		7
						Shannon Kleibrink		5
	Kalynn Virtue		6			Kalynn Virtue		4
	Delia DeJong		5								Shannon Kleibrink		5
	Jodi Marthaller		7								Jodi Marthaller		3
	Holly Scott		6			Casey Scheidegger		3
						Jodi Marthaller		6

B Event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					B Qualifier
	Nadine Chyz		10
	Karynn Flory		3			Nadine Chyz		7
						Jodi Marthaller		3
											Nadine Chyz		6
	Kalynn Virtue		5								Val Sweeting		8
	Holly Scott		4			Kalynn Virtue		4
						Val Sweeting		7
																Val Sweeting		7
	Casey Scheidegger		8													Casey Scheidegger		6
	Delia DeJong		7			Casey Scheidegger		5
	Holly Baird		7			Holly Baird		4
	Trisha James		3								Casey Scheidegger		6
											Geri-Lynn Ramsay		4

C Event

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					C Qualifier 2
	Karynn Flory		6
	Holly Scott		8			Holly Scott		5
						Geri-Lynn Ramsay		6
											Geri-Lynn Ramsay		9
											Holly Baird		8
						Holly Baird		8
						Nadine Chyz		6

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					C Qualifier 2
	Delia DeJong		9
	Jodi Marthaller		4			Delia DeJong		2
	Trisha James		5			Kalynn Virtue		6
	Kalynn Virtue		7								Kalynn Virtue		6
											Casey Scheidegger		8

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Shannon Kleibrink

7

A

Shannon Kleibrink

6

B

Val Sweeting

6

B

Val Sweeting

4

B

Val Sweeting

5

C2

Casey Scheidegger

3

C1

Geri-Lynn Ramsay

5

C2

Casey Scheidegger

8

A vs B

Saturday, January 28, 6:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Val Sweeting	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Shannon Kleibrink	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	7

C1 vs C2

Saturday, January 28, 6:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Geri-Lynn Ramsay	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5
Casey Scheidegger	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	X	8

Semifinal

Sunday, January 29, 11:00am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Val Sweeting	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5
Casey Scheidegger	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3

Final

Sunday, January 29, 5:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Val Sweeting	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	X	4
Shannon Kleibrink	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	X	6

2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Shannon Kleibrink 5th Alberta Provincial Championship title