The 2022 Canadian Under-18 Championships will run through to May 7 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ont., with 42 teams (21 boys, 21 girls) from across the country competing.
The Oakville Curling Club will play host to the 2022 Canadian Under-18 Curling Championships, beginning on Sunday.
It will be the fourth edition of the Canadian Under-18 Championships, and first since the 2019 event at Sherwood Park, Alta. The 2020 and 2021 events fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The field consists of 12 provincial/territorial championship winners (the Yukon and Nunavut did not send teams), with nine Member Associations able to send a second team based on their combined results from the 2018 and 2019 Canadian Under-18 Championships.
The extra teams on the girls side come from Ontario, Northern Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, New Brunswick, B.C., Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba.
On the boys side, the extra teams hail from Nova Scotia, Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, B.C., Northern Ontario, Newfoundland/Labrador and Saskatchewan.
PEI is represented by their U18 provincial champions, the Ella Lenentine-skipped Girls team and the Boys rink skipped by Isaiah Dalton. Both teams curl out of the Cornwall Curling Club.
The field is being split into three pools of seven in each gender, with the pools seeded based on combined results from the 2018 and 2019 championships.
The teams will play six round-robin games within their pools, and the top three teams from each pool will advance to the single-knockout playoffs. They will be seeded one through nine based first on win-loss records, and then on Last Shot Draw distances to break ties between teams with identical records.
Ninth place will play eighth in a preliminary playoff game, with the winner moving into the quarterfinal against the top seed.
The 12 teams that don’t make the championship playoff will play down in consolation playoffs to determine the final overall standings.
All round-robin and playoff games will be eight ends.
Round-robin play gets underway Sunday at 8 p.m. (all times Eastern), with draws Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday features five round-robin draws, at 8 a.m., 11 a.m.. 2:30 p.m.,, 5:45 p.m. and 9 p.m.
While only in its fourth year, the Canadian Under-18 Championships are already having an impact on the Canadian curling scene. The skips of the Canadian teams that will play at the upcoming 2022 World Junior (Under 21) Championships next month in Jönköping, Sweden, are both former Canadian Under-18 champions. Men’s skip Owen Purcell and women’s skip Isabelle Ladouceur both helped their respective Nova Scotia teams win Under 18 gold in 2018 at Saint Andrews, N.B.
Teams from Northern Ontario have captured two of the three girls Under 18 national titles, sandwiched around the Nova Scotia win in 2018.
On the boys side, Northern Ontario, Nova Scotia and, most recently, Ontario, have won national Under 18 championships.
Select games will be live-streamed on Curling Canada’s YouTube page.
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Canada’s run at a podium finish ended on Friday at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant lost to Norway in the qualification game at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Ansis Ventins)
The mixed doubles duo of Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.), and coaches Scott Pfeifer and Lisa Weagle, fell short of medal contention in the qualification game at the Sous-Moulin Sports Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Norway’s Maia and Magnus Ramsfjell threw a short raise takeout in the final end to score two and defeat Canada 6-5.
“We’re happy with our performance through the week, but not our best game here today. It’s disappointing. We were hoping for a better result,” Peterman said.
When leading 3-2 in the sixth end, the tides turned for Canada, giving up a steal of two. Canada was left with a difficult double attempt to score, but hit its target too thick, leaving Norway with a score of two and its first lead of the game.
In the seventh end, Peterman and Gallant used their power play and got back in front with a hit for two. But Norway had the hammer coming home and managed to set up a two-score to take the victory.
“I just kind of lost my draw weight in the sixth and the eighth ends, and they were able to make some good shots and get some angles set up,” Gallant said. “It’s disappointing. I thought we played really well the first five ends, and then there were four or five missed draws from myself in the sixth and eighth ends and left Jocelyn with some tough shots. They capitalized when they had the chance.”
Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell and Canada’s Brett Gallant fist bump at the end of the qualification game. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
The loss ends what has been a busy 2021-22 curing season for Peterman and Gallant. The engaged couple won the 2021 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials with their men’s and women’s teams and represented Canada in their first Olympics together in Beijing. Gallant’s Team Gushue won bronze for Canada at the event and then won the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier and earned silver at the men’s world championship.
Curling Canada selected Peterman and Gallant to represent the nation at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship due to the cancellation of the national championship. It is the second time Peterman and Gallant have worn the Maple Leaf at this event, winning silver in 2019.
Peterman and Gallant are to be married in June, capping off what has been a memorable curling season.
“It’s always an honour to represent Canada, and we’ve had the opportunity to do that a few times each. Obviously, there’s some disappointment now. But when we look back on the season, it probably might be one of the most memorable of our careers,” Gallant said. “It’s all perspective, and this loss is frustrating right now. But our intention is to get back to this position in the future and we’ll learn a lot from this event.”
Earlier in the day, Germany’s Pia-Lisa Schöll and Klaudius Harsch defeated Sweden’s Isabella and Rasmus Wranå in the first qualification game by a score of 11-8 in an extra end. Germany will play Scotland’s Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie in the semifinal on Friday at 10 a.m. (all times ET). Norway takes on Alina Pätz and Sven Michel of Switzerland in the second semifinal at 1:30 p.m.
The losers play in the bronze-medal game on Saturday at 4 a.m., and the winners play the gold-medal game at 8 a.m.
TSN will broadcast the remaining playoff games. For its complete broadcast schedule, click here.
The 2022 Canadian Under-18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships take place May 1-7 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville Ontario. The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 14-20 in Timmins, Ont., but ongoing uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Curling Canada to announce that the championships would be postponed and moved to a different location because there was no ice availability in Timmins for the rest of this season.
PEI is represented by our U18 provincial champions, the Ella Lenentine-skipped Girls team and the Boys rink skipped by Isaiah Dalton. Both teams curl out of the Cornwall Curling Club.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Canada has clinched its spot in the playoffs at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
While there’s one more day of round-robin competition to go at Sous-Moulin Sports Centre and two more games for Canada, it is all but certain that Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.), along with coaches Scott Pfeifer and Lisa Weagle, have qualified for one of six playoff spots in the 20-team field.
With their win on Wednesday, Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant qualified for the playoffs at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
Canada is guaranteed a playoff spot after a steady 6-2 victory against sister-and-brother duo Anna and Ben Fowler of England (2-5) on Wednesday afternoon in Geneva, Switzerland.
“If we continue to play the way we’re playing and we continue to get comfortable with the ice, we’ll be in a good position,” Gallant said. “We’re positioning our draws better than we were at the start of the week, and that’s been the key to our game. Getting those angles set up, and we’re starting to make a few more shots a game, and that’s really been helping.”
In the first end, Canada opened with a steal by forcing the Fowler siblings into playing a double takeout attempt. It missed the mark, and Canada slid out of the end with two points on the board. England replied by getting a point in the second end with a hit and roll and then kept Peterman and Gallant to one in the third.
From that point on, Canada picked away at England with single stolen points in the fourth, fifth and sixth ends.
In the fourth, England was forced to play a tap, and while it was close, Canada came away with the point.
England used its power play in the fifth end but was light on a draw to score one. Peterman and Gallant set up the end by playing a tick shot to move the corner guard and eliminate any big chances for England.
Peterman and Gallant in the house chatting strategy against England at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
“It’s a tough shot because it’s a bit frosty out on the wings there,” Gallant said of Peterman’s first. “We’ve been adjusting every draw to find that perfect weight and perfect line to take for that shot. To make that one takes a bit of pressure off me, because if you miss that one then you’re kind of chasing a little bit.”
In the sixth, Gallant threw a draw over a wide path that hadn’t seen much action during the game and frost was building up. He added extra rotation to help the stone find its way through and managed to land it frozen on the button for Canada’s sixth point of the game.
“We were sitting pretty good, and I thought it was a good opportunity to play a shot like that. I knew that if we were light, it would be okay because it would block them. But I thought if I can get a little more comfortable with the ice and take that opportunity,” Gallant said. “I used a little experience there, and I thought it would be close, and we got it right.”
The duo from England couldn’t muster more than a point in the seventh end and opted to concede.
Canada improves to 6-2, but its final playoff seed is to be determined. Scotland’s Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie (7-0), also in Pool B with Canada, qualified for the playoffs.
For the Canadian duo, who are to be married in June of this year, it’s been an exciting way to cap off the curling season.
“We like playing together, and we enjoy it. It’s fun on the ice, and we’re not really thinking about the pressure ever. We just like playing and making great shots, and this discipline is fun for us to highlight that,” Peterman said.
Canada finishes its round-robin schedule on Thursday with two games. First, it takes on Australia’s Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt (3-4) at 4 a.m. (all times ET), followed by Becca and Matt Hamilton of the United States (4-3) at noon.
The top three teams in both pools advance to the playoffs with the top two seeds receiving a bye to the semifinals, while the remaining four teams play in the first round. The gold- and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday.
TSN will broadcast select Canadian round-robin games and all playoff games. For its complete broadcast schedule, click here.
It was a close 5-4 final on Monday in the 8-team Women’s Division of the Canadian Stick Curling Championships at Curl Moncton, with the Cornwall Curling Club duo of Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes losing in an extra end without last rock advantage, to Betty Mattson and Audrey Dorey from Nova Scotia’s Wolfville Curling Club, after the Island rink finished in first place in round robin play with a 6-1 win-loss record.
Photo (L-R): Elaine Hughes, André-Phillippe Caissie representing national sponsor CIBC Wood Gundy. Etta Reid, Randy Olson, President Canadian Stick Curling Association
Ruth Stavert from Cornwall, with Audrey Callaghan from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, finished one game short of being the 4th place qualifier and also had the best score for the total draws to the button.
Resby Coutts and Norm Magnusson from the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Manitoba won the 27 team Open (any combination of 2 men/women) Division, 5-4 over Darren and Darryl Beach of Regina.
In the Open Division, Cornwall’s John Dunsford and Myrna Sanderson finished round robin play with a win-loss record of 4 and 2 which put them to the Qualifier Round, in which they were successful and qualified for the quarter-final, where they lost to the Beach brothers, who went on to the semi-finals and final.
Team PEI (L-R): Ruth Stavert, Audrey Callaghan, John Dunsford, Myrna Sanderson, Elaine Hughes, Etta Reid
Curlers from nine provinces took part in this event.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Canada’s mixed doubles team put together two of its most convincing victories at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Championship and is showing plenty of signs of life two-thirds of the way through the round robin.
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman celebrate after their afternoon win against Hungary at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
On Tuesday, wins over the Czech Republic and Hungary at the Sous-Moulin Sports Centre catapulted Canada to a 5-1 record in Pool B and sitting alone in second place.
It was a superlative effort for the Canadian pair of Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.) and coaches Scott Pfeifer and Lisa Weagle following Monday’s loss to Scotland.
“It was a frustrating loss to Scotland because I didn’t even give Joce a chance to throw any of her last ones,” Gallant said. During that game, there were numerous ends where Canada opted not to throw Peterman’s last rock. “My draw weight was just off by a couple of feet and I thought they had a better handle on it. But today, we positioned a lot of stones where we wanted to and it makes all the difference in getting opportunities at getting a couple of points and letting Jocelyn throwing her last one.”
And Peterman’s rocks were crucial on a two-win Tuesday. Canada scored points in 10 ends total, with six scoring ends producing two or more points.
On Tuesday evening, Canada rushed to a 6-0 lead in the first three ends of their game against Julie Zelingrova and Vit Chabicovsky of the Czech Republic. Both teams played a near-perfect end, and it was capped off with Peterman and Gallant navigating a small port for a tapback to score two.
Of the 10 ends Canada scored in on Tuesday, six produced two or more points. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)In the second end, Canada hid three counters in the four-foot behind middle guards. It forced the Czech Republic into a difficult raise, which it missed and provided Canada with three. In the third, Canada scored one more after the Czech Republic couldn’t find a way into the house on its last shot.However, things change in a flash in mixed doubles curling, and that was on display in the fourth end when the Czech Republic used its power play. Canada tried ticking away the corner guard but missed, and it left Peterman and Gallant chasing throughout the end. The Czech Republic made a draw for three in the fourth end and halved the score to 6-3.The Czech Republic continued to pressure Canada in the second half of the game. A centre guard of some sort was in Canada’s way through most of the fifth, and Peterman and Gallant couldn’t generate more than one during the end. Canada returned the favour in the sixth with a force of its own and took a three-point lead heading into the seventh end, where Canada delivered its final blow, making a draw for three and taking a 10-4 win after the Czechs conceded.While Peterman’s first rocks of an end are predictable in mixed doubles and easier to practise, her last ones hold the most importance in a game and are the most significant factor in wins and losses. Today, Peterman got to explore some new shots and gain more experience on the ice, which will be crucial down the home stretch of this event, where Canada is seeking its first-ever gold medal at a world mixed doubles curling championship.
Canada opened the day with a win against Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy of Hungary. It was a wire-to-wire effort for Peterman and Gallant, who controlled the game from the get-go and didn’t allow many opportunities for their opponents to gain any momentum.
Peterman and Gallant came out firing, opening with the hammer and scoring two. Peterman and Gallant made it nothing but a challenge for Hungary to battle back into the game from that point forward. After stealing another point in the second, Canada set up the third to be a dream for any mixed doubles player. After playing their last, Canada sat five clustered in the four-foot. Hungary attempted a heavy hit to limit the damage, but Canada still walked away with three. In the fourth, a Hungarian power play presented the team with a point, but Canada was still in control and took the hammer to start the second half.
Canada was just as efficient with the last stone as without. Peterman and Gallant made a draw to the four-foot to score three in the fifth end and stole another point in the sixth end, bringing an end to the game.
Peterman and Gallant are back on the one-game rotation on Wednesday. The pair takes on sibling duo Anna and Ben Fowler (2-4) at 8 a.m. ET.
The top three teams in both pools advance to the playoffs with the top two seeds receiving a bye to the semifinals, while the remaining four teams play in the first round. The gold- and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday.
TSN will broadcast select Canadian round-robin games and all playoff games. For its complete broadcast schedule, click here.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — What Canada’s schedule lacked in quantity on Monday made up for in quality. Quality shotmaking. Quality strategy. A quality opponent.
Canada’s Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman were just short in a game against Scotland on Monday at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
In the end, Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.), along with coaches Scott Pfeifer and Lisa Weagle, succumbed to Scotland’s Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie 8-4 at Sous-Moulin Sports Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
This game against Muirhead, the 2022 Olympic women’s curling gold medallist, and Lammie, who won Olympic silver in the men’s competition this season, had all the makings of a heavyweight bout. Each team was maneuvering and scheming its way to the centre of the house, mastering angles and limiting chances for its opposition. The game was filled with numerous strategical discussions, timeouts on back-to-back shots and a few situations where the team with the hammer opted to throw away their last stone instead of making a risky play into the house.
It wasn’t until the seventh end when Scotland managed to gain the inside track and pull away with the game by scoring four with its power play.
“It was pretty tight. In a few ends they seemed to have the angles in their favour a little more than us, and we just weren’t able to get the angles set up to give us a chance for more than singles,” Gallant said. “We had a really good power play and Eve played a really nice freeze. It looked like we could of had a chance for more than two that end. But I think they just played really well and set up the angles nicely. We did too for a bit, but they had a great power play in the seventh. We had a couple of misses, and that was the game.”
The win elevates Scotland to 4-0, and Canada is right behind with a 3-1 record.
Canada hoped to score a couple of points in the first end, but a closing shot from Muirhead doubled out a few Canadian stones and forced Peterman and Gallant to draw for one. Canada returned the favour in the second, keeping Scotland to just one.
In the third, Scotland put Canada in a position where throwing its last would be too risky and decided to take one instead.
Peterman and Gallant watch on as Scotland’s Bobby Lammie and Eve Muirhead discuss strategy. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
There was no crooked number on the scoreboard until the fourth end when Scotland found its way to two points and then added to its lead in the fifth with a steal of one. Once again, Canada was put into a situation where it decided not to throw its last due to the risk.
Canada used its power play in the sixth end, and it looked like it could pay big dividends with a series of rocks scattered in the 12-foot. Scotland narrowed the scoring zone on its last shot of that end with a freeze, so Peterman/Gallant took two points with a draw to tie the game.
Muirhead and Lammie took advantage of some Canadian half-shots in the seventh end for a big four score and ran Canada out of rocks in the eighth.
“I think both teams made a lot of shots, and we just got caught on a couple there in seven. But besides that, it was a really well-curled game, and we still wanted to try and make a few shots in that last end. I joked that I didn’t get to throw many shots, I had to throw my last one away a couple times, and I wanted to throw at least once more,” Peterman said.
The four-ender was one of only a few opportunities for either team to take control of the game, with all four players shooting above 80 per cent: 85 and 84 per cent for Muirhead and Lammie, respectively, while Peterman curled 81 per cent and Gallant at 80 per cent.
“We knew that was going to be a good game and we’d have to play well. Even though it was a loss, I think we’re feeling pretty confident with how we’re throwing and how we played that game,” Peterman said.
Peterman and Gallant are back on the ice Tuesday with two games. First, they take on Hungary’s Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy (3-1) at 4 a.m. (all times ET), followed by Julie Zelingrova and Vit Chabicovsky of the Czech Republic (2-2) at Noon.
The top three teams in both pools advance to the playoffs with the top two seeds receiving a bye to the semifinals, while the remaining four teams play in the first round. The gold- and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday.
TSN will broadcast select Canadian round-robin games and all playoff games. For its complete broadcast schedule, click here.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Canada’s mixed doubles team is keeping pace with the best in its pool at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant secured two wins on Sunday at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.) played their first two-game day at Sous-Moulin Sports Centre in Geneva and walked away with two wins in tow. Now 3-0, Canada keeps pace with the top teams in Pool B, Scotland’s Eve Muirhead/Bobby Lammie and sibling duo Rebecca and Matt Hamilton of the United States.
For the Canadian duo, it’s right where they want to be at this point of the week after finishing the day with a 10-5 win against Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz and Muhammed Zeki Ucan (0-3) on Sunday night.
“I think we’re communicating well and adjusting to the ice to figure it out. I think that’s been working well for us, and Brett’s been playing great so it’s put us in a good spot,” Peterman said.
Turkey started the game with the hammer, and Canada forced its opponents to a single point to start the game. Canada had its opportunity for two in the second end with a double-tap but wrecked on a centre guard, meaning Peterman and Gallant took one. Canada stole a single point in the third end, which could have been more had Ucan not moved three Canadian stones out of the four-foot on his last shot. Peterman and Gallant played their last shot behind cover to the top button in the fourth end, but Turkey’s Ucan threw an out-turn tap to score a single point and tie the game at the half.
The floodgates opened in the fifth end with Canada’s first multiple-point end. While there was a draw for four, Canada settled for three. However, Turkey responded the following end, stringing together its own score of three to tie the game. Canada used its power play in the sixth end and came up with a hefty bounty to take control of the game by scoring five.
“We were just battling the conditions a little bit and the frost. We just had to get a better grasp on that and how they were reacting. Then we had a really good power play, and we made all five of our shots pretty much perfect. That was the difference. We got a few mistakes out of them there. We stayed patient because they made a lot of shots and played pretty well, but we made a lot of good ones too,” Gallant said.
Canada played a perfect power-play end to score five against Turkey on Sunday night. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
Canada ran Turkey out of rocks in the eighth end for the win.
Peterman and Gallant opened the day with a Sunday morning 8-2 win against Spain’s Oihane Otaegi and Mikel Unanue (1-2).
While Spain started the game with an opening-end steal and looked primed to give Canada a run for its money, Peterman and Gallant rebounded by scoring points over the next four ends. First, a deuce in the second, and then steals of one in the third, two in the fourth and one in the fifth. Spain used its power play in the sixth end but was kept to one point, and Peterman/Gallant finished the job in the seventh by playing an open end and scoring two before Spain conceded.
The Canadians controlled the four-foot throughout the game, with the duo clocking in at 73 per cent and 76 per cent shooting efficiency for Peterman and Gallant, respectively, in the convincing win.
Canada plays one game tomorrow, and it’s a big one. Canada takes on the undefeated Scottish duo featuring Olympic women’s gold-medallist Muirhead and Olympic men’s silver-medallist Lammie at 2 p.m. ET.
“It’s going to be a strong game and it will be a battle. They’re great players, but we’re up to the task. There are a lot of really strong teams here. If we can get a handle on the ice early in the game and get our rocks in the right spots then we’ll have a good chance,” Gallant said.
The top three teams in both pools advance to the playoffs with the top two seeds receiving a bye to the semifinals, while the remaining four teams play in the first round. The gold- and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday.
TSN will broadcast select Canadian round-robin games and all playoff games. For its complete broadcast schedule, click here.
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The first one is in the books for Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.). Canada’s mixed doubles team picked up its first win at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
On Saturday afternoon Canada’s Peterman and Gallant, along with coaches Scott Pfeifer and Lisa Weagle, defeated Germany’s Pia-Lisa Schöll and Klaudius Harsch 9-3 at the Sous-Moulin Sports Centre in Geneva.
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman sweep a rock into the house during their opening day win against Germany at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Céline Stucki)
Peterman and Gallant put both of their rocks on the button during the pre-game last stone draw sequence and maintained control from that point on.
“We both had a pretty handle on the ice off the bat, which helped, and we had a pretty good idea of where to put the broom. We made some good shots early, and that helped,” Peterman said.
While Germany tried to apply pressure in the first end with a nice freeze from Schöll, Peterman punched a Canada stone sitting in the top-four further into the pile to come out with a score of two to start the game.
The Canadians rolled with the momentum into the second end by controlling the four-foot and only needing to guard its first-and second stones in the house on its last shot. Germany had a hack-weight hit-and-roll, but the duo hit it on the nose and conceded another point to Canada.
It looked to be Germany’s turn to score in the third end, but its missed final shot led to the pendulum swinging event further in Canada’s favour. Harsch attempted to freeze the team’s fourth rock of the end onto the button, and while it was close, Peterman and Gallant managed to pick it out. It left Schöll with a draw to score one, but it didn’t curl enough, and Canada took another two for a 5-0 lead.
Fortunes favoured Schöll and Harsch in the fourth end when the Germans used their powerplay. They kept the house reasonably open throughout the fourth end and had a chance to score three by playing a split. However, their shot stone didn’t get enough of a roll, and the duo settled for two and trailed by three at the fourth-end break.
Canada had a shot for as many as three points in the fifth end but with a tricky in-turn double. Despite a strong scrub from Gallant, the rock didn’t curl enough and forced Canada to a single point.
But it is Canada’s ability to rebound after missing opportunities that peg the duo as one of the teams to beat in the competition.
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman maintained control from start to finish against Germany on Saturday. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Ansis Ventins)
“You’re always going to get a few opportunities and give away a few opportunities in mixed doubles, but it’s just trying to limit those and control the angles so that if a lot of rocks go flying, you’re staying closer to the middle,” Gallant said. “I thought we did a good job of that, there were just a couple of shots here or there that could have been a bit better, but overall it was a really good game for our first one here on the ice.”
In the following end, Canada forced Germany to one point. Peterman and Gallant locked their final throw onto Germany’s counting stone on the button. Schöll and Harsch did not have a shot worth playing and threw away their last.
Gallant showcased his accuracy on big weight shots in the seventh, which led to another score of three and sealed the deal on Canada’s victory against Germany. Gallant hammered a double to sit four on his second shot of the end and picked out a German stone to sit five on his next. Germany attempted a freeze on its last, but Peterman followed it in to score three and elicit handshakes from Team Germany.
It was the only game of the day Team Canada (1-0) on Saturday. It takes on Spain’s Oihane Otaegi and Mikel Unanue (1-0) on Sunday at 4 a.m. (all times ET), followed by a game against Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz and Muhammed Zeki Ucan (0-1) at noon.
The top three teams in both pools advance to the playoffs with the top two seeds receiving a bye to the semifinals, while the remaining four teams play in the first round. The gold- and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday.
TSN will broadcast select Canadian round-robin games and all playoff games. For its complete broadcast schedule, click here.
The Canadian Stick Curling Championship, with Open (any combination of two men/women) and Women’s divisions, is underway at Curl Moncton, and wraps up on Monday.
Canadian curling fans have a series of three world curling championships to turn their attention to as we near the end of the 2021-22 international curling season. This Saturday, the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the World Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships will begin at the Geneva Sous-Moulin Sports Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
Olympians Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.) return to the world championship for the first time since the 2019 event and aim to upgrade the silver they won that year into gold. Sherry Anderson’s team from the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon has won back-to-back championships in 2018 and ’19 and is hoping to add a third consecutive gold to their collection (the event was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19). Also, Alberta’s Wade White and his team from the Lac La Biche Curling Club will be no pushovers. The team is heading to its second World Senior Men’s Curling Championship after winning gold in 2018 at Östersund, Sweden.
WORLD MIXED DOUBLES CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman won silver at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Tom Rowland)
It won’t be the first time Peterman and Gallant have represented their country during this curling season. Both team members competed at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing with their respective women’s and men’s teams. Peterman, second for Team Jennifer Jones, finished with a 5-4 record and Gallant, who played second for Team Brad Gushue, clinched a bronze-medal victory.
Gallant’s journey through the international ranks didn’t end there. Team Gushue competed at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alta., a mere week-and-a-half after the Olympics and won the event. Then the team won silver at the 2022 LGT World Men’s Curling Championship in Las Vegas after advancing to the final against Sweden’s Niklas Edin.
When Gallant steps onto the ice in Geneva, it will be the first time a Canadian curler has competed at the Olympic Winter Games, a world men’s championship, and a world mixed doubles championship in the same season.
The team is coached by national mixed doubles coach Scott Pfeifer and Lisa Weagle.
Canada will play in Pool B and opens its schedule against Germany’s Pia-Lisa Schöll and Klaudius Harsch on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. The German duo competed at the 2021 world mixed doubles event and finished 10th overall with a 5-4 record. It will be Canada’s lone game on opening-day Saturday.
Twenty teams will compete in two pools of 10 and play a nine-game round-robin schedule. The top three teams from each pool advance to the playoffs, with the first ranked team in each group receiving a bye to the semifinals. The second- and third-ranked teams crossover for qualification games where the winners advance to the semifinals. The winners of those games go to the gold-medal game, and the losing teams compete in the bronze-medal game.
Here’s is Canada’s complete mixed doubles schedule (all times ET):
Saturday, 8 a.m. — Canada vs. Germany (Pia-Lisa Schöll/Klaudius Harsch)
Sunday, 4 a.m. — Canada vs. Spain (Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue)
Sunday, Noon — Canada vs. Turkey (Dilsat Yildiz/Muhammed Zeki Ucan)
Monday, 8 a.m. — Canada vs. Scotland (Eve Muirhead/Bobby Lammie)
Tuesday, 4 a.m. — Canada vs. Hungary (Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy)
Tuesday, Noon — Canada vs. Czech Republic (Julie Zelingrova/Vit Chabicovsky)
Wednesday, 8 a.m. — Canada vs. England (Anna Fowler/Ben Fowler)
Thursday, 4 a.m. — Canada vs. Australia (Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt)
Thursday, Noon — Canada vs. United States (Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton)
Friday, 3 a.m. OR 6:30 a.m. — Qualification game 1 & 2
Friday, 10 a.m. OR 1:30 p.m. — Semifinal 1 & 2
Saturday, 4 a.m. — Bronze-medal game
Saturday, 8 a.m. — Gold-medal game
The 10 teams in Pool A are: Denmark (Jasmin Lander/Henrik Holtermann), Estonia (Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill), Finland (Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipilae), Italy (Stefania Constantini/Amos Mosaner), Japan (Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida), New Zealand (Natalie Thurlow/Warren Dobson), Norway (Maia Ramsfjell/Magnus Ramsfjell), South Korea (Minji Kim/Kijeong Lee), Sweden (Isabella Wranå/Rasmus Wranå) and Switzerland (Alina Pätz/Sven Michel).
Canada is coming off a fourth-place finish from last season’s event when Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue led Canada to the semifinals. Canada’s earned two silver medals at the event, including the one achieved by Peterman/Gallant in 2019, and two bronze.
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Saskatchewan’s Team Sherry Anderson won its fourth-straight national title at the 2022 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships. (Photo, Curling Canada/Roy Iachetta)
It will be the first world seniors curling event since 2019, when Canada’s Sherry Anderson and her team won a second consecutive gold medal in Stavanger, Norway.
While it’s been three years since the team was last on the international stage, Anderson, vice-skip Patty Hersikorn, second Brenda Goertzen, and lead Anita Silvernagle should be in contention for a podium finish in 2022. While Canada as a nation has won six consecutive world senior women’s curling crowns from 2008 through 2013, no individual team has won more than two back-to-back events. A win in Geneva by Team Anderson would break that record.
Team Anderson has a nearly flawless 18-1 record in two world championship appearances.
Thirteen teams will compete in two pools (one pool of six and one pool of seven) and play a round-robin schedule. The top three teams from each pool advance to the playoffs, with the first ranked team in each group receiving a bye to the semifinals. The second- and third-ranked teams crossover for qualification games where the winners advance to the semifinals. The winners of those games go to the gold-medal game, and the losing teams compete in the bronze-medal game.
Here’s is Canada’s complete senior women’s schedule (all times ET):
Saturday, 2 a.m. — Canada vs. Scotland (Edith Hazard)
Sunday, 1 p.m. — Canada vs. Denmark (Linette Henningsen)
Monday, 2 p.m. — Canada vs. Ireland (Dale Sinclair)
Tuesday, 6 a.m. — Canada vs. Sweden (Helena Klange)
Wednesday, 10 a.m. — Canada vs. Czech Republic (Ivana Bartakova)
Thursday, 6 a.m. — Canada vs. Italy (Lucilla Macchiati)
Friday, 7 a.m. — Qualification games
Friday, 1 p.m. — Semifinals
Saturday, 4:30 a.m. — Gold- and bronze-medal games
The remaining six teams competing are England (Judith Dixon), Finland (Elina Virtaala), Latvia (Gunta Millere), Lithuania (Gaiva Valatkiene), Switzerland (Cristina Lestander) and the United States (Margie Smith).
Canada has won a leading 13 gold medals throughout the 18-year history of the event.
Team Alberta’s Wade White won its second national title at the 2022 Everest Canadian Curling Championships. (Photo, Curling Canada/Roy Iachetta)
On the men’s side, Team White hopes to make it two for two after winning the world senior men’s title in 2018. White, vice-skip Barry Chwedoruk, second Dan Holowaychuk, and lead George White had a 9-1 record the last time they represented Canada and defeated Sweden in the gold-medal game.
Twenty-one teams will compete in three pools of seven teams and play a round-robin schedule within their group. At the end of the round robin the top two teams in each group plus the two third-ranked teams with the best Draw Shot Challenge will qualify for the quarterfinals, followed by the winners playing in the semifinals. The winners of those games advance to the gold-medal game, and the losing teams compete in the bronze-medal game.
Here’s is Canada’s complete senior men’s schedule (all times ET):
Saturday, 2 a.m. — Canada vs. Finland (Timo Kauste)
Saturday, 10 a.m. — Canada vs. Slovakia (Milan Bubenik)
Monday, 2 a.m. — Canada vs. Australia (Hugh Millikin)
Tuesday, 6 a.m. — Canada vs. Turkey (Murat Akin)
Wednesday, 2 p.m. — Canada vs. Italy (Sergio Serafini)
Thursday, 10 a.m. — Canada vs. United States (Bob Leclair)
Friday 3 a.m. — Quarterfinals
Friday, 1 p.m. — Semifinals
Saturday, 4:30 a.m. — Gold- and bronze-medal games
The remaining teams competing are: Belgium (John Robillard), Czech Republic (David Sik), Denmark (Bent Kristoffersen), England (John Brown), Germany (Andy Kapp), Hungary (Peter Sardi) Ireland (Johnjo Kenny), Latvia (Ansis Regza), New Zealand (Dave Watt), Nigeria (Tijani Cole), Norway (Flemming Davanger), Scotland (Keith Prentice), Sweden (Mats Wranå) and Switzerland (Christof Schwaller).
The Canadian senior men have an impressive history throughout the 18-year event. Canada has advanced to the final in every edition since its debut in 2002. Canada has won 11 gold medals, including Bryan Cochrane’s most recent one in 2019.
Edmonton skip Brendan Bottcher has put together a new curling team of Olympic proportions.
Bottcher announced Monday he is joining forces next season with third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert.
(L-R): Gallant, Bottcher, Hebert, Kennedy
Kennedy and Hebert have captured just about everything there is to win in curling including Olympic gold medals in 2010 with skip Kevin Martin. The pair also represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Games with skip Kevin Koe and finished fourth. Kennedy made a third Olympic appearance this year as the alternate for Brad Gushue and earned a bronze medal.
Gallant previously played second for Gushue and made his Olympic debut this year, winning bronze. The 32-year-old, originally from Charlottetown, is moving west as he’s getting married to Alberta curler Jocelyn Peterman. Gallant won a gold and two silver medals at the men’s worlds, four Brier titles plus 11 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling championships during his tenure on Team Gushue.
Curl PEI is offering an opportunity for all junior curlers to come out to try Doubles Curling at the Silver Fox on April 15, 2022 (10 am start for the first game). They hope to offer each team 2 games, but it will depend on the number of teams that enter. Entry fee will be $20/team (can be paid Friday morning but teams must register).
They will try to offer games of similar skill level as best they can. Here are the age categories they will use a starting point:
U21 & Interested in Canada Games 2023 – These teams must be mixed (one male and one female). Team members must be born July 1, 2001 or later.
U18/U21 & not interested in Canada Games 2023 – These teams do not have to be mixed.
U13/U16 & not interested in Canada Games 2023 – These teams do not have to be mixed.
If you have an interested team please email the two names and the age category that best describes the team.
*Please Note, if you are connected to a Canada Games interested team who has already registered you do not have to email again.*
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