2017 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2017 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Host city	Miramichi, New Brunswick
Arena	Miramichi Curling Club
Dates	January 25–29
Winner	Team Adams
Curling club	Capital Winter Club
Skip	Melissa Adams
Third	Jennifer Armstrong
Second	Cathlia Ward
Lead	Katie Forward
Finalist	Sarah Mallais
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The 2017 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts , the provincial women's curling championship of New Brunswick was held January 25 to 29 at the Miramichi Curling Club in Miramichi, New Brunswick. ^[1] The winning Melissa Adams team represented New Brunswick at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario. ^[2]

Melissa Adams of Fredericton would win her first ever provincial Scotties title. She had previously won the 1998 World Junior Curling Championships. ^[3] Adams had scored four points in the sixth end to defeat Saint John's Sarah Mallais rink in the final by a score of 9-6. ^[4] The Adams rink represented New Brunswick at the national Scotties, where they had to compete in a pre-qualifying tournament against the Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories to enter the main event. ^[5] After going 3-0 in the round robin portion, they lost the final to the Northwest Territories and didn't enter the main draw.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club(s)
Melissa Adams	Jennifer Armstrong	Cathlia Ward	Katie Forward	Capital Winter Club, Fredericton
Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin	Capital Winter Club, Fredericton
Shelly Graham	Sharon Levesque	Connie Nichol	Jane McGinn	Capital Winter Club, Fredericton
Sarah Mallais	Carol Whitaker	Leah Thompson	Jane Boyle	Thistle-St. Andrew's Curling Club, Saint John
Shaelyn Park	Julia Goodin	Molli Ward	Lauren Whiteway	Curl Moncton, Moncton
Sylvie Robichaud	Jessica Ronalds	Nicole Arsenault Bishop	Michelle Majeau	Curl Moncton, Moncton
Shannon Tatlock	Sandy Comeau	Emily MacRae	Shelby Wilson	Curl Moncton, Moncton

Round robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Skip	W	L
Sarah Mallais	5	1
Justine Comeau	5	1
Melissa Adams	4	2
Sylvie Robichaud	4	2
Shelly Graham	2	4
Shaelyn Park	1	5
Shannon Tatlock	0	6

Scores

Draw 1

• Adams 8-3 Graham
• Mallais 9-7 Park
• Robichaud 5-4 Tatlock

Draw 2

• Mallais 5-2 Tatlock
• Comeau 7-4 Robichaud
• Graham 6-5 Park

Draw 3

• Adams 9-2 Park
• Graham 4-3 Tatlock
• Mallais 8-2 Comeau

Draw 4

• Robichaud 7-4 Graham
• Comeau 9-4 Adams
• Park 6-3 Tatlock

Draw 5

• Comeau 8-4 Tatlock
• Robichaud 9-6 Park
• Adams 6-5 Mallais

Draw 6

• Mallais 6-4 Robichaud
• Adams 8-2 Tatlock
• Comeau 12-5 Graham

Draw 7

• Comeau 9-2 Park
• Mallais 7-5 Graham
• Robichaud 6-5 Adams

Tiebreaker

• Adams 7-4 Robichaud

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Sarah Mallais	6
	2	Justine Comeau	5			2	Melissa Adams	9
	3	Melissa Adams	6

Semifinal

Sunday, January 29, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Justine Comeau	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	X	5
Melissa Adams	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	6

Final

Sunday, January 29, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Mallais	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	6
Melissa Adams	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	9

2017 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Melissa Adams 1st New Brunswick Provincial Championship title

References

1. "2017 Scotties/Brier Playdowns - TSN.ca". 12 December 2016.
2. "Telegraph-Journal".
3. "Field nearly complete for 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts".
4. "Kleibrink, Englot advance to Scotties Tournament of Hearts - Sportsnet.ca".
5. "Eight Ends: Redemption time for Homan at Ontario Scotties - Sportsnet.ca".
6. "New Brunswick Scotties: Teams".

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