2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

[Svartsengi]

Alberta won their opening draw last night and PEI beat Saskatchewan this morning by stealing one in the 10 end.

Wish I could go to Canada Olympic Park and watch this event. COVID-19 is no good.

[Svartsengi]

Canada vs. NWT game postponed this afternoon as one of NWT team members has food poisoning. They all got tested for Covid 19 anyway even though it sounds like she is feeling better now. Wonder what she ate?. Gas station sushi never a good idea

[GirlySports]

Amazing that Homan is in the bubble, 7 months pregnant. When I was 7 months pregnant, I was no longer walking, I was rolling.

[Mango]

I was surprised to see Team Canada listed as the favourite by a betting site -- no disrespect to Kerri Einarson's rink. It's been a while since Team Canada defended the title, and when it did, it was a Jennifer Jones crew.

[Svartsengi]

A number of these teams have not played or practiced in some time. I think Einarson has so that could have something to do with it.

[Mango]

Good point. I didn't really think of it that way. Preparation certainly is an X factor.

A nice start for Alberta. I'm looking forward to seeing how they stack up versus Ontario tomorrow night.

[Derek Sutton]

Yah, Einarson was the favourite at +180 with Jones and Homan following at +300.

I love that I have some curling to watch, sadly the competition level is horrible for this event. Way too many teams and the pool set up omits so many marquee matchups for the first 6 days.

[transplant99]

How odd that all 3 WC teams are from Manitoba. Though Chelsea is stepping in for Fleury on one of them...i will always cheer for her.

Lots of curling to watch this week and compared to what else is on these days (soulless flames team) its a welcome break.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

Yah, Einarson was the favourite at +180 with Jones and Homan following at +300.

I love that I have some curling to watch, sadly the competition level is horrible for this event. Way too many teams and the pool set up omits so many marquee matchups for the first 6 days.

The cream always rises to the top in these events though...the set up just delays some marquee matchups until they mean even more.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by transplant99

The cream always rises to the top in these events though...the set up just delays some marquee matchups until they mean even more.

Oh I know, this format, and the amount of gimmies on the schedule will help the better teams get it together after such a long lay off. But it is not good when most of the games are conceded after 8 ends.

You can pad your bank during theses games however. Coolbetts.com has single game betting.

[GirlySports]

They're showing Alberta twice today! Hope they win both!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by transplant99

How odd that all 3 WC teams are from Manitoba. Though Chelsea is stepping in for Fleury on one of them...i will always cheer for her.

Lots of curling to watch this week and compared to what else is on these days (soulless flames team) its a welcome break.

Yeah, it seems like a few of the teams not from Manitoba broke up. Carey, Rocque, Eyelashes etc... Zacharias and Peterson are ranked 11 and 12 and got into the 3 wildcards.

[Svartsengi]

Alberta, Ontario, and NWT with strong showings in the morning draw for victories. Einarson and Peterson tight game going to 10th end

[Strange Brew]

PEI loses after being up by 4 in the 9th. Ouch. Too bad, I kind of like that team.

[GirlySports]

That was a disappointing finish for Walker.

[dash_pinched]

Stamps (past and present) showing their support for the Scotties

[mrkajz44]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Amazing that Homan is in the bubble, 7 months pregnant. When I was 7 months pregnant, I was no longer walking, I was rolling.

Homan is 7 months pregnant? Holy smokes. I watched the ON/AB game last night and didn't even realize. That's amazing.

On another note, it seems like the icemakers might also be having some trouble with COVID times. I've only watched bits a pieces of games but there seems to be problems with the ice not acting normal. I wonder if lack of fans or just lack of practice is causing it? Or maybe the ice is fine and the players are out of practice reacting to changing conditions? Hopefully that gets sorted out later in the week.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

Homan is 7 months pregnant? Holy smokes. I watched the ON/AB game last night and didn't even realize. That's amazing.

On another note, it seems like the icemakers might also be having some trouble with COVID times. I've only watched bits a pieces of games but there seems to be problems with the ice not acting normal. I wonder if lack of fans or just lack of practice is causing it? Or maybe the ice is fine and the players are out of practice reacting to changing conditions? Hopefully that gets sorted out later in the week.

They are having problem with it being too arid. They are saying the pebble is literally evaporating before it hits the ice. I presume they have brought in humidifiers as the ice seemed better last night. It is much easier for them to control the temperature inside with no fans, people not constantly entering and leaving the building throughout the day and no debris associated to deal with either.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

They are having problem with it being too arid. They are saying the pebble is literally evaporating before it hits the ice. I presume they have brought in humidifiers as the ice seemed better last night. It is much easier for them to control the temperature inside with no fans, people not constantly entering and leaving the building throughout the day and no debris associated to deal with either.

Yesterday morning relative humidity was 20%....today its 84%.

They may have been piping humidity in, but mother nature has given them a big hand today as well.

I expect the ice to be excellent moving forward.

[GirlySports]

Brown was on fire this morning. Made every shot, all the big ones too, and was practically 100%. Beat Carey 7-5. That group is now really balance with Quebec in first.