CHAMPION: Carey Wins 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

SKIP
Chelsea
Carey

Third
Amy
Nixon

Second
Jocelyn
Peterman

Lead
Laine
Peters

Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) won 7-6 over Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the Final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held February 20 - 28, 2016 in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Carey finished 9-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carey defeated Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, CAN) 12-5, then won 6-4 against Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL) and 8-5 against Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC). Carey won 9-8 against McCarville, then won 5-4 against Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) and 6-4 against Sylvie Robichaud (Moncton, NB). Carey went on to lose 7-5 against Jenn Hanna (Ottawa, ON). Carey responded with a 6-4 win over Marie-France Larouche (Levis, QC). Carey went on to lose 8-7 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). Carey responded with a 8-2 win over Jill Brothers (halifax, NS). Carey won 6-5 against Jolene Campbell (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship title, Carey earned 57.024 world rankings points. Carey move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 41.245 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 413.433 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carey ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 295.447 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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