The 'voice' of Canadian Curling is in St.Catharines.
Vic Rauter, TSN Broadcaster and the voice behind around half a million curling shots is preparing for the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Rauter tells CKTB's Tom McConnell Saturday will get off to a great start with two teams playing against each other who may have the best shot at winning the tournament.
Team Ontario, featuring Skip Rachel Homan will face off against Team Canada, featuring Chelsea Carey at 2:30.
The best in women's curling is taking place at the Meridian Centre in St Catharines, running February 18-26th.
The opening ceremony will take place at 1pm Saturday.