2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team represented Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Ontario public health orders, the tournament was held behind closed doors with no public spectators for the second season in a row. As Ontario began to permit a maximum capacity of 500 spectators at indoor sporting events beginning January 31, Curling Canada explored admitting limited public spectators for the playoff draws, but ultimately decided against doing so. Organizers later invited tournament volunteers and junior curlers from the Thunder Bay area to attend the playoff draws.

Teams
Due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns, and public health orders in multiple provinces that prohibited sports tournaments, the provincial and territorial playdowns in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Ontario (both Ontario and Northern Ontario), Prince Edward Island, and Quebec were cancelled (or in the case of Ontario, postponed until April), with teams being selected by provincial sanctioning bodies.

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CTRS ranking
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Wild card selection
In previous years, a wild card game was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their provincial championship; the winner of this game was usually granted the final spot in the tournament. However, with many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, thus not allowing many teams to compete for a chance to play at the Scotties, Curling Canada opted to include three wild card teams instead of the usual one. These teams directly qualified and did not participate in a play-in game. This was the second time this format was used, with the first being in 2021.

Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).

Draw 1
Friday, January 28, 7:00 pm

Draw 2
Saturday, January 29, 2:00 pm

Draw 3
Saturday, January 29, 7:00 pm

Draw 4
Sunday, January 30, 9:00 am

Draw 5
Sunday, January 30, 2:00 pm

Draw 6
Sunday, January 30, 7:00 pm

Draw 7
Monday, January 31, 9:00 am

Draw 8
Monday, January 31, 2:00 pm

Draw 9
Monday, January 31, 7:00 pm

Draw 10
Tuesday, February 1, 9:00 am

Draw 11
Tuesday, February 1, 2:00 pm

Draw 12
Tuesday, February 1, 7:00 pm

Draw 13
Wednesday, February 2, 9:00 am

Draw 14
Wednesday, February 2, 2:00 pm

Draw 15
Wednesday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Draw 16
Thursday, February 3, 9:00 am

Draw 17
Thursday, February 3, 1:00 pm

Draw 18
Thursday, February 3, 7:00 pm

Tiebreaker
Friday, February 4, 9:00 am

Semifinals
Friday, February 4, 1:00 pm

Finals
Friday, February 4, 7:00 pm

1 vs. 2
Saturday, February 5, 7:00 pm

3 vs. 4
Saturday, February 5, 2:00 pm

Semifinal
Sunday, February 6, 12:00 pm

Final
Sunday, February 6, 7:00 pm

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

Awards
The awards and all-star teams were as follows:
 * All-Star Teams

First Team
 * Skip: 🇨🇦 Kerri Einarson, Team Canada
 * Third: 🇨🇦 Val Sweeting, Team Canada
 * Second: 🇨🇦 Shannon Birchard, Team Canada
 * Lead: 🇨🇦 Briane Meilleur, Team Canada

Second Team
 * Skip: Selena Njegovan, Wild Card 1
 * Third: Sarah Wilkes, Wild Card 3
 * Second: Ashley Sippala, Northern Ontario
 * Lead: Kerry Galusha, Northwest Territories (skip; threw lead stones)


 * Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award
 * Karlee Everist, Nova Scotia


 * Joan Mead Builder Award
 * Leslie Kerr, inaugural Executive Director of the Northern Ontario Curling Association from 2007 to 2020, after guiding the amalgamation of 5 regional curling associations into the NOCA.

Provincial and territorial playdowns

 * 2022 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
 * 2022 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
 * 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
 * New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled.
 * Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled.
 * Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled.
 * 2022 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled.
 * 2022 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
 * Nunavut Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Not held.
 * 2022 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Postponed until April (no longer a qualifier)
 * Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled.
 * Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Cancelled.
 * 2022 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
 * 2022 Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 4–5 in Whitehorse. Team Hailey Birnie defeated Laura Eby 2–0 in a best of three series for the championship. Birnie won the first game 6–5 and the second game 8–4.