2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Curling Canada introduced a new 16-team format for both the Tournament of Hearts and Brier for 2018, under which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada were represented in the main field, rather than being limited by a pre-qualifying tournament. The teams were divided into two pools for round robin play, after which the top four teams from each advanced to the Championship Pool. Defending champion Rachel Homan declined to participate as Team Canada in order to prepare for the 2018 Winter Olympics; Michelle Englot's team, who finished as runner-up in the 2017 tournament, participated in her place. The final spot in the tournament was filled by a wildcard play-in game held on the Friday before the tournament. The rinks of Hollie Duncan (Ontario), Émilia Gagné (Quebec), and Casey Scheidegger (Alberta) made their Scotties debut; although members of Team Ontario had previous experience at the national women's championship, mostly as alternates. Scotties veteran skip Sherry Anderson (Saskatchewan) led a team of Tournament of Hearts rookies. The teams are listed as follows: CTRS ranking ==Wildcard game==

A wildcard play-in game was played on January 26; it was contested between the top two teams on the CTRS standings who did not win their respective provincial championships, and was played between The Glencoe Club's Chelsea Carey rink from Calgary and the East St. Paul Curling Club's Kerri Einarson rink from the Winnipeg exurb of East St. Paul. With Einarson's victory, Manitoba was represented by three different teams in the tournament. ;CTRS standings for wildcard game: ;Wildcard Game Friday, January 26, 18:30 ==Map of teams==

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Final Round Robin Standings ==Round Robin results==

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8:00). Draw 1 Saturday, January 27, 14:00 Draw 2 Saturday, January 27, 19:00 Draw 3 Sunday, January 28, 09:00 Draw 4 Sunday, January 28, 14:00 Draw 5 Sunday, January 28, 19:00 Draw 6 Monday, January 29, 09:00 Draw 7 Monday, January 29, 14:00 Draw 8 Monday, January 29, 19:00 Draw 9 Tuesday, January 30, 09:00 Draw 10 Tuesday, January 30, 14:00 Draw 11 Tuesday, January 30, 19:00 Draw 12 Wednesday, January 31, 09:00 Draw 13 Wednesday, January 31, 14:00 Draw 14 Wednesday, January 31, 19:00 Tiebreakers Thursday, February 1, 09:00 ==Placement Round==

Each team that finished fifth through eight in their pool played the team that finished in the same position in the opposite pool for the purpose of determining final tournament ranking. For example, the winner of the game between fifth place teams was ranked ninth place overall, the loser of that game was ranked tenth place, and so on. Seeding Games All game times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8:00). A5 vs. B5 Friday, February 02, 09:00 A6 vs. B6 Friday, February 02, 09:00 A7 vs. B7 Friday, February 02, 09:00 A8 vs. B8 Friday, February 02, 09:00 ==Championship Pool Standings==

All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games were not carried forward. Final Championship Pool Standings ==Championship Pool Results==

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8:00). Draw 15 Thursday, February 01, 14:00 Draw 16 Thursday, February 01, 19:00 Draw 17 Friday, February 02, 14:00 Draw 18 Friday, February 02, 19:00 ==Playoffs==

1 vs. 2 Saturday, February 03, 19:00 3 vs. 4 Saturday, February 03, 14:00 Semifinal Sunday, February 04, 09:00 Final Sunday, February 04, 16:00 ==Statistics==

Top 5 player percentages Final Round Robin Percentages; minimum 6 games Perfect games ==Awards==

The awards and all-star teams were as follows: ;All-Star Teams First Team • Skip: Jennifer Jones, Manitoba • Third: Cary-Anne McTaggart, Alberta • Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba • Lead: Dawn McEwen, Manitoba Second Team • Skip: Tracy Fleury, Northern Ontario • Third: Shannon Birchard, Manitoba • Second: Jessie Scheidegger, Alberta • Lead: Raunora Westcott, Team Canada ;Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award • Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan ;Joan Mead Builder Award • Melissa Soligo, Director of the High-Performance Program at Curl BC, national and international coach. Played second on the 1991 Scott champion Team British Columbia, earned a silver medal at the 1991 Worlds, and was a demonstration sport bronze medalist with Team Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. ==Notes==