Sadie Pinksen

Sadie Wren Pinksen[2] (born January 11, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Iqaluit, Nunavut.[3] She currently plays third on Team Lori Eddy.

Sadie Pinksen
Curler
Born (2000-01-11) January 11, 2000
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Team
Curling clubIqaluit CC,
Iqaluit, NU[1]
SkipLori Eddy
ThirdSadie Pinksen
SecondAlison Griffin
LeadKaitlin MacDonald
Career
Member Association Nunavut
Hearts appearances4 (2016, 2017, 2019 2020)
Top CTRS ranking100th (2019–20)
Medal record
Representing  Nunavut
Arctic Winter Games
2018 South Slave

Career

Pinksen skipped Team Nunavut at eight Canadian Junior Curling Championships from 2013 to 2020. Her best finish was a 2–7 record in 2016, 2018 and 2020. She also represented Nunavut at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, finishing in eleventh with a 2–6 record. In 2018, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 Arctic Winter Games.[4][5]

While still in juniors, Pinksen was asked to be the alternate for the Nunavut team at the 2016 and 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship. In both years, the team failed to reach the main draw after losing out in the pre-qualifying tournament. Pinksen was also supposed to be the alternate for the team at the 2018 event but had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict.[6] She lost in the playdowns of the 2019 event skipping her own rink but was asked to be the alternate once again by the Jennifer Blaney rink. Pinksen was listed as the teams alternate at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts but through lead stones during the round robin, replacing Megan Ingram. They finished with a 1–6 record. The following season, Pinksen, Alison Griffin and Kaitlin McDonald teamed up with Ontario curler Lori Eddy for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Despite Eddy living in Ontario, she was added to the team as the territory's "import player", after being asked by Griffin. The team automatically qualified for the Scotties as no other team in the Territory decided to challenge them. [7] The team finished with a 2–5 record, including a surprise win against Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville.[8]

Pinksen has also competed at two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, finishing winless at both the 2018 and 2019 events.[9]

Personal life

Pinksen is a Communications and sociology student at the University of Ottawa.[3] She started curling when she was seven years old.[10]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead
2012–13[11] Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKatie Chislett-ManningEmily Matthews
2013–14 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKatie Chislett-ManningEmily Matthews
2014–15 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKatie Chislett-ManningKaitlin McDonald
2015–16 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKaitlin McDonaldMelicia Elizaga
2016–17 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKaitlin McDonaldMelicia Elizaga
2017–18 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKaitlin McDonaldMelicia Elizaga
2018–19 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKaitlin McDonaldAbigail Atienza
2019–20 Sadie PinksenChristianne WestKaitlin McDonaldLena Chown
Lori EddySadie PinksenAlison GriffinKaitlin McDonald

References
  1. "Sadie Pinksen Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. "Sadie Pinksen Athlete Profile". 2014 Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. "2018 Arctic Winter Games Junior Female Curling Results". 2018 Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. "2018 Arctic Winter Games Athlete Profile". 2018 Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. "Shackleton off to Scotties tournament". St. Mary's Independent. January 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  7. Ted Wyman (February 17, 2020). "Two decades later, Ontario's Eddy finds second Scotties chance as skip of Nunavut team". Windsor Star. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  8. "Nunavut wins 1st game at 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 18, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. "Nunavut's young veteran Sadie Pinksen holds key to bright future for the North". Independent Sports News. January 21, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  10. "Junior curler Q&A with Sadie Pinksen". Curling Canada. October 7, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  11. "Sadie Pinksen Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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