The 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out was held from September 11 to 14 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.[1] The event was held on Week 3 of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The men's event had a purse of CAD$22,000, and the women's event had a purse of CAD$27,000. The winning team in each event won CAD$6,000.
Local teams from Edmonton won both the men's and women's events. On the men's side, Brendan Bottcher's rink defeated Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock in an extra end. The women's side featured two Edmonton rinks, as Manitoba-transplant Chelsea Carey and her new team beat Valerie Sweeting to claim their first World Curling Tour title in their very first event as a team.
The men's event has a triple knockout format, followed by an eight-team playoff.
Teams are listed as follows:[2]
| Skip |
Third |
Second |
Lead |
Locale
|
| Matthew Blandford |
Darren Moulding |
Brent Hamilton |
Brad Chyz |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
| Brendan Bottcher |
Tom Appelman |
Bradley Thiessen |
Karrick Martin |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Brady Clark |
Greg Persinger |
Matt Birklid |
Phil Tilker |
Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
|
| Warren Cross |
Dean Darwent |
Dwight Alfrey |
Doug McNish |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Shawn Donnelly |
Matthew Brown |
Michael Hauer |
Kenton Maschmeyer |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Jamie King |
Jeff Erickson |
Warren Hassall |
Glen Kennedy |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Steve Laycock |
Kirk Muyres |
Colton Flasch |
Dallan Muyres |
Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
|
| Mick Lizmore |
Nathan Connolly |
Parker Konschuh |
Carter Lautner |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Sven Michel |
Florian Meister |
Simon Gempeler |
Stefan Meienberg |
Switzerland Adelboden, Switzerland
|
| James Pahl |
Ted Appelman |
Mark Klinck |
Roland Robinson |
Alberta Sherwood Park, Alberta
|
| Robert Schlender |
Kevin Park |
Bert Martin |
Josh Burns |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Thomas Scoffin |
Aiden Procter |
David Aho |
Brayden Power |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Aaron Sluchinski |
Justin Sluchinski |
Dylan Webster |
Eric Richard |
Alberta Airdrie, Alberta
|
| Thomas Usselman |
Michael Roy |
Taylor Ardiel |
Curtis Der |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
| Brock Virtue |
Charley Thomas |
Brandon Klassen |
D. J. Kidby |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
| Wade White |
Kevin Tym |
Dan Holowaychuk |
George White |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
The women's event is a round robin with four pools followed by an eight-team playoff.
Teams are listed as follows:[3]
| Skip |
Third |
Second |
Lead |
Locale
|
| Brett Barber |
Samantha Yachiw |
Meaghan Frerichs |
Kaitlyn Bowman |
Saskatchewan Biggar, Saskatchewan
|
| Chelsea Carey |
Laura Crocker |
Taylor McDonald |
Jen Gates |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Nadine Chyz |
Heather Jensen |
Whitney Eckstrand |
Heather Rogers |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
| Delia DeJong |
Amy Janko |
Lindsay Janko |
Janais DeJong |
Alberta Grande Prairie, Alberta
|
| Brenda Doroshuk |
Erica Ortt |
Brittany Whittemore |
Tammy Kaufman |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Chantelle Eberle |
Cindy Ricci |
Larisa Murray |
Debbie Lozinski |
Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan
|
| Kerri Einarson |
Selena Kaatz |
Liz Fyfe |
Kristin MacCuish |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
|
| Karynn Flory |
Richelle Baer |
Amanda Moizis |
Katie Roskewich |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Tiffany Game |
Vanessa Pouliot |
Jennifer Van Wieren |
Melissa Pierce |
Alberta Crestwood, Alberta
|
| Teryn Hamilton |
Kalynn Park |
Michelle Dykstra |
Amber Cheveldave |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
| Michèle Jäggi |
Michelle Gribi |
Stéphanie Jäggi |
Vera Camponovo |
Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
|
| Sherry Just |
Alyssa Despins |
Jenna Harrison |
Michelle Johnson |
Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
|
| Nicky Kaufman |
Holly Whyte |
Deena Benoit |
Pam Appelman |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Kristie Moore |
Sarah Wilkes |
Kristina Hadden |
Alison Kotylak |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Heather Nedohin |
Amy Nixon |
Jessica Mair |
Laine Peters |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Susan O'Connor |
Lawnie MacDonald |
Denise Kinghorn |
Cori Morris |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
| Cissi Östlund |
Sabina Kraupp |
Sara Carlsson |
Paulina Stein |
Karlstad, Sweden
|
| Alina Pätz |
Nadine Lehmann |
Marisa Winkelhausen |
Nicole Schwägli |
Switzerland Baden, Switzerland
|
| Trish Paulsen |
Kari Kennedy |
Jenna Loder |
Kari Paulsen |
Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
|
| Kelsey Rocque |
Keely Brown |
Taylore Theroux |
Claire Tully |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Leslie Rogers |
Sheri Pickering |
Kathleen Dunbar |
Jenilee Goertzen |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Casey Scheidegger |
Cary-Anne McTaggart |
Jessie Scheidegger |
Brittany Tran |
Alberta Lethbridge, Alberta
|
| Valerie Sweeting |
Andrea Crawford |
Dana Ferguson |
Rachelle Pidherny |
Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
|
| Jessie Kaufman (fourth) |
Crystal Webster (skip) |
Geri-Lynn Ramsay |
Rebecca Konschuh |
Alberta Calgary, Alberta
|
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