Over 60 Hours Of Scotties Coverage On TSN
21/02/2009 00:09
The best in Canadian women's curling get set to compete for the national championship at the 2009 Scotties Tournament Of Hearts, February 21 to March 1.
Coverage on TSN begins Saturday and includes more than 60 hours of exclusive live coverage featuring – for the first time ever on TSN – all morning, afternoon and evening draws as well as playoffs and final.
In addition, encore presentations of all TSN Scotties Tournament Of Hearts coverage will air on TSN2 on a three-hour delay.
All weekday morning draws are also available live at TSN.ca. All of TSN's television coverage will also be available on-demand at TSN.ca following the conclusion of each live broadcast.
Defending champion Jennifer Jones returns to represent Team Canada as she and her team will be in tough against eleven other rinks including 2008 Canada Cup winner Stephanie Lawton's Team Saskatchewan, Alberta's Cheryl Bernard and Quebec's Marie-France LaRouche.
TSN's acclaimed curling broadcast team is on-site with Vic Rauter calling the action alongside analyst and Olympic gold medallist Linda Moore and analyst and former Brier champion Ray Turnbull.
Also joining TSN's broadcast team is three-time Tournament of Hearts winner, Cathy Gauthier, who will provide rinkside updates throughout the tournament. Two-time World and Brier champion and 2006 Olympic gold medallist Russ Howard will serve as analyst for the morning draws alongside SportsCentre's Bryan Mudryk who will make his debut in the broadcast booth handling the play-by-play duties.
SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
Canada’s most comprehensive curling coverage. Catch the action starting this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. local time on TSN.