From draw-to-the-button finishes to Banff's breathtaking scenery, this weekend's Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game proved to be a hit with curling fans - and a ratings winner for TSN. Overnight data from Numeris (BBM Canada) confirms that TSN's annual curling skins game attracted an average audience of 461,000 viewers - marking a 40% increase compared to last year's event.

An average audience of more than a half a million Canadians tuned in for three of the six draws from the Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game. Overall, more than 3.7 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in to some part of TSN's fan-favourite event.  

The Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game, held for the second straight year at The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre in beautiful Banff National Park, included a women's competition for the first time since 2003 that helped to attract big audiences.

The most-watched draw from the Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game was the women's final featuring curling powerhouses Team Homan vs. Team Jones, which attracted an average audience of 579,000 viewers - despite being up against the thrilling NFC Conference Championship.

The women's competition also drew the second biggest audience from this weekend, with Team Jones' comeback victory over the up-and-coming Team Carey attracting an average audience of 543,000 viewers.

The men's final featuring Team Morris vs. Team Jacobs - the third most-watched draw - attracted 521,000 viewers, marking a 54% increase compared to last year's men's final.

The ratings breakdown for the Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game is as follows:
Friday, Jan.16
Women's Semifinal #1: Team Homan vs. Team Sweeting - 357,000

Saturday, Jan. 17
Men's Semifinal #1: Team Morris vs. Team Koe - 326,000
Women's Semifinal #2: Team Jones vs. Team Carey - 543,000
Men's Semifinal #2: Team Jacobs vs. Team McEwen - 430,000

Sunday, Jan. 18
Women's Final: Team Homan vs. Team Jones - 579,000
Men's Final: Team Morris vs. Team Jacobs - 521,000

Results
Overall results from the Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game are as follows:
Women's Field
•    Team Homan: $52,000 ($37,000 in skins prize money + $15,000 winner bonus)
•    Team Jones: $29,500 ($28,500 in skins prize money + $1,000 draw to the button bonus)
•    Team Sweeting: $10,000
•    Team Carey: $8,500
TOTAL: $100,000

Men's Field
•    Team Jacobs: $65,500 ($50,500 in skins prize money + $15,000 tournament bonus)
•    Team Morris: $23,000
•    Team McEwen: $8,500
•    Team Koe: $3,000 ($2,000 in skins prize money + $1,000 draw to the button bonus)
TOTAL: $100,000