TSN Delivers Sweeping Coverage of the 2017 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS, Beginning this Saturday, February 18

TORONTO (February 15, 2017) – TSN’s Season of Champions curling coverage continues as defending champion Chelsea Carey headlines Canada’s top women’s curlers in St. Catharines, Ont. to compete for the national title at the 2017 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS. Canada’s Sports Leader delivers sweeping coverage of the tournament, one of the 60+ championship events that live on TSN. Coverage begins with Draw 1 on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN (complete broadcast schedule below). Calling the action from St. Catharines’ Meridian Centre is play-by-play announcer Vic Rauter alongside analyst Russ Howard, a two-time BRIER champion and 2006 Olympic gold medallist, 2010 Olympic silver medallist Cheryl Bernard, and three-time SCOTTIES champion Cathy Gauthier. TSN play-by-play announcer Bryan Mudryk delivers the call for morning draws with Gauthier providing analysis. TSN’s live SCOTTIES coverage is available live and on-demand to TSN subscribers via TSN.ca/Live and the TSN GO app. French-language coverage is available on RDS. Out of the confirmed 11-team field, just three rinks are returning from last year’s championship. Carey’s rink returns as Team Canada in an attempt to re-enact last year’s memorable run in Grande Prairie, Alta. Carey competes against a competitive field that also features two-time SCOTTIES champion Rachel Homan of Ontario, and 2016 SCOTTIES silver medallist Krista McCarville representing Northern Ontario. Saskatchewan’s Penny Barker makes her SCOTTIES debut this year in St. Catharines, while PEI’s Robyn MacPhee makes her first SCOTTIES appearance as skip. The field at the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts features:

• Team Canada – Skip: Chelsea Carey
• Team Alberta – Skip: Shannon Kleibrink
• Team British Columbia – Skip: Marla Mallett
• Team Manitoba – Skip: Michelle Englot
• Team Newfoundland & Labrador – Skip: Stacie Curtis
• Team Northern Ontario – Skip: Krista McCarville
• Team Nova Scotia – Skip: Mary Mattatall
• Team Ontario – Skip: Rachel Homan
• Team Prince Edward Island – Skip: Robyn MacPhee
• Team Québec – Skip: Eve Bélisle
• Team Saskatchewan – Skip: Penny Barker

The following four rinks will compete in a pre-qualifying tournament for the remaining spot in the 2017 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS:

• Team New Brunswick – Skip: Melissa Adams
• Team Northwest Territories – Skip: Kerry Galusha
• Team Nunavut – Skip: Geneva Chislett
• Team Yukon – Skip: Sarah Koltun

Following the SCOTTIES, TSN heads to St. John’s, N.L. to deliver live coverage of the 2017 TIM HORTONS BRIER, running March 4-12 at Mile One Centre in St. John’s. Broadcast Schedule* Saturday, Feb. 18

• Draw 1 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Draw 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN2

Sunday, Feb. 19

• Draw 3 at 9:30 a.m. ET on TSN
• Draw 4 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN1 and TSN4
• Draw 5 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4

Monday, Feb. 20

• Draw 6 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Draw 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN

Tuesday, Feb. 21

• Draw 8 at 9:30 a.m. ET on TSN
• Draw 9 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4
• Draw 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN1

Wednesday, Feb. 22

• Draw 11 at 9:30 a.m. ET on TSN
• Draw 12 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN1 and TSN3
• Draw 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN

Thursday, Feb. 23

• Draw 14 at 9:30 a.m. ET on TSN
• Draw 15 at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4
• Draw 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN

Friday, Feb. 24

• Draw 17 at 9:30 a.m. ET on TSN
• Tie-Breaker at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN (if necessary)
• Page Playoff (1 vs. 2) at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4

Saturday, Feb. 25

• Page Playoff (3 vs.4) at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4
• Semifinal at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4

Sunday, Feb. 26

• Bronze Medal at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN3
• Final at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN

*Schedule subject to change Curling on TSN As the official broadcaster of Curling Canada, TSN broadcasts more than 300 hours of live Season of Champions curling each year, including the SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS and TIM HORTONS BRIER, along with the FORD WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP, 2017 WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP, CANADIAN JUNIORS, and LE GRUYERE EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.