2023 Icebreaker Challenge

The 2023 Icebreaker Challenge was held from August 25 to 27 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba.^[1] The event was held in a round robin format with a $6,500 purse.

2023 Icebreaker Challenge
Host city	Morris, Manitoba
Arena	Morris Curling Club
Dates	August 25–27
Winner	Team Cameron
Curling club	Granite CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Kate Cameron
Third	Meghan Walter
Second	Taylor McDonald
Lead	Mackenzie Elias
Finalist	Delaney Strouse
« 2019 2024 »

In the final, Kate Cameron and her new Manitoba rink of Meghan Walter, Taylor McDonald and Mackenzie Elias capped off an undefeated week with an 8–6 win over the United States' Delaney Strouse. Trailing by two in the eighth, Cameron scored four to defeat the American squad that began their season by winning the 2023 Euro Super Series the week before. Sarah Anderson took third by defeating Kristy Watling 8–6 in the third-place game. In the seeding games, Rachel Workin finished fifth with a 10–3 win over Shaela Hayward while Katy Lukowich won 5–3 over Miranda Scheel in the seventh place game.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kate Cameron	Meghan Walter	Taylor McDonald	Mackenzie Elias		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Shaela Hayward	Keira Krahn	Rylie Cox	India Young		Carman, Manitoba
Katy Lukowich	Jaycee Terrick	Lexa Sigurdson	Julia Millan		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Miranda Scheel	Sara Olson	Jordan Hein	Tessa Thurlow		Fargo, North Dakota
Delaney Strouse	Anne O'Hara	Sydney Mullaney	Rebecca Rodgers	Susan Dudt	Traverse City, Michigan
Kristy Watling	Laura Burtnyk	Emily Deschenes	Sarah Pyke		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rachel Workin	Ann Podoll	Anya Normandeau	Christina Lammers		Fargo, North Dakota

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[3]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Pool A W L PF PA Kate Cameron 3 0 19 12 Sarah Anderson 2 1 18 12 Shaela Hayward 1 2 18 21 Miranda Scheel 0 3 14 24

Pool B W L PF PA Delaney Strouse 2 1 13 11 Kristy Watling 2 1 17 15 Rachel Workin 2 1 13 13 Katy Lukowich 0 3 14 18

Round robin results

All draw times listed in Central Time (UTC−05:00).^[4]

Draw 1

Friday, August 25, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kate Cameron	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5
Shaela Hayward	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Delaney Strouse	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	X	7
Katy Lukowich	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kristy Watling	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
Rachel Workin	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sarah Anderson	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	5
Miranda Scheel	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	3

Draw 2

Saturday, August 26, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Miranda Scheel	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	4
Kate Cameron	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sarah Anderson	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	X	9
Shaela Hayward	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kristy Watling	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7
Katy Lukowich	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Delaney Strouse	0	1	2	0	2	0	X	X	5
Rachel Workin	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Draw 3

Saturday, August 26, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Delaney Strouse	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Kristy Watling	0	0	1	1	2	1	X	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Katy Lukowich	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3
Rachel Workin	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sarah Anderson	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	4
Kate Cameron	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Shaela Hayward	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	11
Miranda Scheel	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	7

Tiebreaker

Saturday, August 26, 6:00 pm

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kristy Watling	2	0	1	3	0	3	X	X	9
Rachel Workin	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	3

Consolation

Fifth place game

Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Workin	0	0	3	1	4	2	X	X	10
Shaela Hayward	1	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

Seventh place game

Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Miranda Scheel	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Katy Lukowich	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5

Playoffs

Source:^[5]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Kate Cameron	6
	4	Kristy Watling	0
						1	Kate Cameron	8
						2	Delaney Strouse	6
	2	Delaney Strouse	6
	3	Sarah Anderson	2			Third place game
						4	Kristy Watling	6
						3	Sarah Anderson	8

Semifinals

Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kate Cameron	1	2	3	X	X	X	X	X	6
Kristy Watling	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Delaney Strouse	1	0	0	0	2	3	X	X	6
Sarah Anderson	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Third place game

Sunday, August 27, 1:30 pm

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kristy Watling	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	6
Sarah Anderson	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	8

Final

Sunday, August 27, 1:30 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kate Cameron	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	8
Delaney Strouse	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6