2015 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game

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2015 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game
Host city Banff, Alberta
Arena The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre
DatesJanuary 16–18
Men's winnerTeam Brad Jacobs
Curling club Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Skip Brad Jacobs
Third Ryan Fry
Second E. J. Harnden
Lead Ryan Harnden
FinalistTeam John Morris
Women's winnerTeam Rachel Homan
Curling club Ottawa CC, Ottawa, Ontario
Skip Rachel Homan
Third Emma Miskew
Second Joanne Courtney
Lead Lisa Weagle
FinalistTeam Jennifer Jones

The 2015 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game was held from January 16 to 18 at The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre in Banff, Alberta.

Contents

The competition format in this edition of the TSN Skins Game reverts to the format used prior to 2013, in which four teams will play a simple knockout bracket to determine the winner. In addition, a women's event was added to the TSN Skins Game for the first time since 2003.

Men

Team Glenn Howard was originally invited, but opted to compete in the Challenge Round for the 2015 Ontario Tankard after failing to advance through the regional qualifier. Since the challenge round will be held on the same weekend as the TSN Skins game, Team McEwen replaced Team Howard. [1]

Teams

Results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time. [2]

Semifinals

Morris vs. Koe

Saturday, January 17, 11:00 am

Values (CAD)$1000$1000$1500$1500$2000$3000$4500$6500$21,000
Team12345678Total
John Morris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgXXXX$$19,000
Kevin Koe $XX$2,000
Jacobs vs. McEwen

Saturday, January 17, 9:00 pm

Values (CAD)$1000$1000$1500$1500$2000$3000$4500$6500$21,000
Team12345678Total
Brad Jacobs Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg$$$$$12,500
Mike McEwen X$$$$8,500

Final

Sunday, January 18, 8:00 pm

Values (CAD)$2000$2000$3000$3000$4000$6000$9000$13000
Team12345678ButtonTotal
John Morris $XXX$4,000
Brad Jacobs Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgX$X$$$38,000

Winnings

The prize winnings for each team are listed below:

SkipSemifinalFinalBonusTotal
Brad Jacobs $12,500$38,000$15,000 [lower-alpha 1] $65,500
John Morris $19,000$4,000$23,000
Mike McEwen $8,500$8,500
Kevin Koe $2,000$1,000 [lower-alpha 2] $3,000
Total Prize Money$100,000

Women

Teams

Results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time. [2]

Semifinals

Homan vs. Sweeting

Friday, January 16, 8:00 pm

Values (CAD)$1000$1000$1500$1500$2000$3000$4500$6500$21,000
Team12345678ButtonTotal
Rachel Homan Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgX$$$$$11,000
Val Sweeting $$X$$10,000
Jones vs. Carey

Saturday, January 17, 4:00 pm

Values (CAD)$1000$1000$1500$1500$2000$3000$4500$6500$21,000
Team12345678Total
Jennifer Jones $X$$12,500
Chelsea Carey Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg$$$X$$8,500

Final

Sunday, January 18, 3:00 pm

Values (CAD)$2000$2000$3000$3000$4000$6000$9000$13000
Team12345678Total
Rachel Homan Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg$$$$$$26,000
Jennifer Jones $$$$16,000

Winnings

The prize winnings for each team are listed below:

SkipSemifinalFinalBonusTotal
Rachel Homan $11,000$26,000$15,000 [lower-alpha 1] $52,000
Jennifer Jones $12,500$16,000$1,000 [lower-alpha 2] $29,500
Valerie Sweeting $10,000$10,000
Chelsea Carey $8,500$8,500
Total Prize Money$100,000

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winner bonus
  2. 1 2 The winner of the draw to the button challenge receives a bonus of $1,000.

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References

  1. "Tough choice for Howard rink". Ottawa Sun. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "TSN announces draw and broadcast schedule for Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game". TSN Curling. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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