The field is set for the Montana’s Brier.
The Canadian men’s curling championship runs March 1-10 in Regina.
The winner will represent Canada at the world men’s curling championship taking place March 30 to April 7 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Here’s an overview of the Brier teams plus a rundown of how they qualified.
TEAM | REPRESENTATIVE |
Canada | Brad Gushue |
Alberta | Aaron Sluchinski |
B.C. | Catlin Schneider |
Manitoba | Reid Carruthers |
New Brunswick | James Grattan |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Andrew Symonds |
Northern Ontario | Trevor Bonot |
Nova Scotia | Matthew Manuel |
Ontario | Scott Howard |
Prince Edward Island | Tyler Smith |
Quebec | Julien Tremblay |
Saskatchewan | Mike McEwen |
Northwest Territories | Jamie Koe |
Nunavut | Shane Latimer |
Yukon | Thomas Scoffin |
Alberta — Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher |
Manitoba — Dunstone | Matt Dunstone |
Wild Card | Kevin Koe |
CANADA
Brad Gushue of St. John’s returns, looking to win a sixth title after capturing five of the past seven.
Gushue has won silver at the past two world championships.
ALBERTA
Aaron Sluchinski of the Airdrie Curling Clup upset Kevin Koe 6-3 in the final to punch the team’s ticket.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Victoria’s Catlin Schneider beat Jason Montgomery 5-2 in the provincial final.
Schneider, a former Saskatchewan curler, replaced Jacques Gauthier (now with Koe) as skip of this team this season. He’ll make his fourth Brier appearance.
MANITOBA
Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers, the top-ranked team in the provincial championships, beat Braden Calvert 6-3 in the final in Stonewall. Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs came out of retirement and is skipping the team.
NEW BRUNSWICK
James Grattan of Oromocto captured the New Brunswick Tankard in Miramichi.
Grattan posted a perfect 7-0 record during the event.
It’ll be Grattan’s 16th appearance in the Brier and 13th as a skip.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Andrew Symonds of St. John’s beat Greg Smith 7-5 in the provincial final.
Symonds last went to the Brier in 2019.
NORTHERN ONTARIO
Trevor Bonot of Thunder Bay beat Tanner Horgan 7-5 to earn the berth.
It will mark Bonot’s first Brier.
NOVA SCOTIA
Matthew Manuel of Halifax downed Owen Purcell 8-2 in the provincial final.
It will mark Manuel’s second appearance in a row after the team made its national debut last year.
ONTARIO
With Glenn Howard out with a knee injury, his son Scott Howard of Penetanguishene, Ont. skipped a three-man rink to an 8-7 win over Jayden King in the Ontario championship.
It will mark Scott Howard’s ninth Brier appearance.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Tyler Smith of Crapaud, P.E.I. will make his fourth consecutive Brier appearance after an 8-3 win over Jamie Newson in the provincial final.
QUEBEC
Julien Tremblay of Levis, Que. defeated Felix Asselin 7-6 in an extra end in the provincial final.
SASKATCHEWAN
Mike McEwen and his Saskatoon-based squad will represent the home team in the Brier.
McEwen defeated Rylan Kleiter 7-3 during the SaskTel Tankard final in Saskatoon.
It’ll be the eighth Brier appearance for McEwen but his first for Saskatchewan. The Winnipeg native skipped his home province of Manitoba four times, Team Wild Card twice and Ontario once.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Jamie Koe of Yellowknife swept Nick Saturnino in a best-of-five series to claim the title.
Koe will make his 17th Brier appearance.
NUNAVUT
Shane Latimer’s Iqaluit side beat Wade Kingdon 11-3 in the final of last month’s territorial playdowns.
It will be Latimer’s first Brier appearance.
YUKON
Thomas Scoffin of Whitehorse is going to his fifth Brier after winning a three-team playdown.
ALBERTA — BOTTCHER
Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher received a pre-qualifier berth based on last season’s Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) points.
He’ll make his eighth Brier appearance. Bottcher will be looking for his second title after winning in 2021.
MANITOBA — DUNSTONE
Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone received a pre-qualifier berth based on last season’s Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) points.
Dunstone makes his sixth Brier appearance. He lost to Gushue in last year’s final.
WILD CARD
Koe gets the final spot as the top-ranked CTRS team not in the field after playdowns.