2011–12 curling season

The 2011–12 curling season began in September 2011 and ended in April 2012.

2011–12 curling season
Sport	Curling

Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.

CCA-sanctioned events

This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The following events in bold have been confirmed by the CCA as part of the 2011–12 Season of Champions programme as of December 6, 2010.^[1] The non-bold events are events sanctioned by the CCA.

Event	Winning team		Runner-up team
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Sudbury, Ontario, Nov. 12–19	Saskatchewan		Alberta
The Dominion Curling Club Championship Richmond, British Columbia, Nov. 21–26	Alberta		Ontario
	Manitoba		Ontario
Canada Cup of Curling Cranbrook, British Columbia, Nov. 30–Dec. 4	Kevin Martin		Glenn Howard
	Jennifer Jones		Chelsea Carey
Continental Cup of Curling Langley, British Columbia, Jan. 12–15	World		North America
Winter Youth Olympics Innsbruck, Austria, Jan. 13–22	MT	Switzerland	Italy
	MD	Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)
Canadian Junior Curling Championships Napanee, Ontario, Feb. 4–12	Alberta		Northern Ontario
	Alberta		Manitoba
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Chuncheon City, South Korea, Feb. 18–25	Russia		South Korea
Tournament of Hearts Red Deer, Alberta, Feb. 18–26	Heather Nedohin		Kelly Scott
Tim Hortons Brier Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mar. 3–11	Glenn Howard		Kevin Koe
World Junior Curling Championships Östersund, Sweden, Mar. 3–11	Canada		Sweden
	Scotland		Czech Republic
CIS/CCA University Curling Championships Welland, Ontario, Mar. 14–18	Alberta Golden Bears		Waterloo Warriors
	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks		Brock Badgers
World Women's Curling Championship Lethbridge, Alberta, Mar. 17–25	Switzerland		Sweden
Canadian Senior Curling Championships Abbotsford, British Columbia, Mar. 17–25	Alberta		Newfoundland and Labrador
	Alberta		Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship Thunder Bay, Ontario, Mar. 18–25	Saskatchewan		Alberta
CCAA Curling Invitational Championship Peterborough, Ontario, Mar. 21–24	Fanshawe Falcons		Red Deer Kings
	Fanshawe Falcons		Grande Prairie Wolves
Canadian Masters Curling Championships Montreal, Quebec, Mar. 26–Apr. 1	Newfoundland and Labrador		Quebec
	Saskatchewan		Ontario
World Men's Curling Championship Basel, Switzerland, Mar. 31–Apr. 8	Canada		Scotland
World Senior Curling Championships Tårnby, Denmark, Apr. 14–21	Ireland		Canada
	Canada		Scotland
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Erzurum, Turkey, Apr. 23–29	Switzerland		Sweden

Other events

Note: Events that have not been placed on the CCA's list of sanctioned events are listed here.

Event	Winning team		Runner-up team
European Mixed Curling Championship Tårnby, Denmark, Sep. 30–Oct. 8	Switzerland		Germany
European Curling Championships — Group C Tårnby, Denmark, Sep. 30–Oct. 8	C	Poland	Lithuania
		Poland	Slovakia
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Lohja, Finland, Nov. 5–10	Slovakia		Italy
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Nanjing, China, Nov. 19–26	China		New Zealand
	China		South Korea
European Curling Championships Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2–10	A	Norway	Sweden
		Scotland	Sweden
	B	Russia	Hungary
		Hungary	Finland
European Junior Curling Challenge Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 3–8	Italy		Russia
	Italy		Denmark
TSN Curling Skins Game Rama, Ontario, Jan. 7–8	Kevin Koe		Jeff Stoughton
Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Japan, Jan. 25–29	Yusuke Morozumi		Colin Thomas
	Laura Crocker		Silvana Tirinzoni
USA-Brazil Challenge Bemidji, Minnesota, Jan. 27–29	Not held
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships Jeonju City, South Korea, Jan. 27–Feb. 2	China		South Korea
	Japan		South Korea

World Curling Tour

Grand Slam events in bold.^[2][3]

Note: More events may be posted as time progresses.

Teams

Main article: List of teams on the 2011–12 World Curling Tour

Men's events

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
3	Baden Masters Baden, Switzerland, Sept. 2–4	Sven Michel	Tom Brewster
5	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, Sept. 15–18	John Epping	Chad Allen
	The Shoot-Out Edmonton, Alberta, Sept. 15–18	Randy Ferbey	Rob Bucholz
	Cloverdale Cash Spiel Surrey, British Columbia, Sept. 15–18	Alexey Tselousov	Brent Pierce
6	Radisson Blu Oslo Cup Oslo, Norway, Sept. 22–25	Niklas Edin	Tom Brewster
	Green Bay Cash Spiel Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sept. 23–25	Liu Rui	Mike Farbelow
	Point Optical Curling Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sept. 23–26	Mike McEwen	Kevin Martin
7	Twin Anchors Invitational Vernon, British Columbia, Sept. 30–Oct. 3	Robert Schlender	Brent Pierce
	Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic Regina, Saskatchewan, Sept. 30–Oct. 3	Scott Bitz	Mark Herbert
	Swiss Cup Basel Basel, Sept. 30–Oct. 2	Brad Gushue	Peter de Cruz
8	StuSells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 7–10	Chris Gardner	Robert Rumfeldt
	Westcoast Curling Classic New Westminster, British Columbia, Oct. 7–10	Kevin Martin	Mike McEwen
	Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic Brandon, Manitoba, Oct. 7–10	Liu Rui	Rob Fowler
9	St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 13–16	Tyler George	Jeff Currie
	Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 14–17	Jamie King	Brock Virtue
10	Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Buckingham, Quebec, Oct. 20–23	Jean-Michel Ménard	Brad Jacobs
	Canad Inns Prairie Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 21–24	Mike McEwen	Randy Ferbey
	Labatt Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Oct. 21–24	Andrew Bilesky	Grant Olsen
	Curling Masters Champéry Champéry, Switzerland, Oct. 21–23	Peter de Cruz	Tom Brewster
11	Cactus Pheasant Classic Brooks, Alberta, Oct. 27–30	Mike McEwen	Randy Ferbey
12	GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Nov. 2–6	Glenn Howard	John Epping
	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 4–7	Jamie King	Jamie Koe
13	Vancouver Island Shootout Victoria, British Columbia, Nov. 11–13	Bryan Miki	Jamie King
	Whites Drug Store Classic Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 11–14	Reid Carruthers	Colton Flasch
	World Financial Group Classic Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 11–13	Brock Virtue	Tom Appelman
14	Sun Life Classic Brantford, Ontario, Nov. 18–21	Niklas Edin	Sven Michel
	Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic Wainwright, Alberta, Nov. 18–21	Brent Pierce	Wade White
	Interlake Pharmacy Classic Stonewall, Manitoba, Nov. 18–21	William Lyburn	Chris Galbraith
15	Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Clermont, Quebec, Nov. 24–27	Brett Gallant	Brad Gushue
	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 24–27	Braeden Moskowy	William Lyburn
	Edinburgh International Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 25–27	Tom Brewster	Sandy Reid
	Seattle Cash Spiel Seattle, Washington, Nov. 25–27	Jay Wakefield	Jody Epp
16	Laphroaig Scotch Open Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 2–4	Pete Fenson	David Brown
	Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic Dauphin, Manitoba, Dec. 2–5	Brent Gedak	Chris Galbraith
18	BDO Canadian Open of Curling Kingston, Ontario, Dec. 14–18	Mike McEwen	Jeff Stoughton
	Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 16–18	Craig Brown	Todd Birr
21	Mercure Perth Masters Perth, Scotland, Jan. 5–8	Mike McEwen	Thomas Ulsrud
24	Pomeroy Inn & Suites National Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Jan. 25–29	Glenn Howard	Kevin Martin
	German Masters Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 27–29	Tyler George	Wolfgang Burba
25	Pharmasave Gimli Classic Gimli, Manitoba, Feb. 3–5	Cancelled
30	Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Grande Prairie, Alberta, Mar. 8–11	Kevin Martin	Liu Rui
33	Victoria Curling Classic Invitational Victoria, British Columbia, Mar. 29–Apr. 1	Kevin Martin	Mike McEwen
36	Sun Life Financial Players' Championship Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Apr. 17–22	John Epping	Glenn Howard

Women's events

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
5	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, Sept. 15–18	Sherry Middaugh	Rachel Homan
	The Shoot-Out Edmonton, Alberta, Sept. 15–18	Stefanie Lawton	Cheryl Bernard
	Cloverdale Cash Spiel Surrey, British Columbia, Sept. 15–18	Kelley Law	Liudmila Privivkova
6	Radisson Blu Oslo Cup Oslo, Norway, Sept. 22–25	Jennifer Jones	Margaretha Sigfridsson
	Schmirler Curling Classic Regina, Saskatchewan, Sept. 23–26	Liudmila Privivkova	Jolene Campbell
7	Twin Anchors Invitational Vernon, British Columbia, Sept. 29–Oct. 2	Shannon Kleibrink	Lisa Eyamie
8	Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 7–10	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Shannon Kleibrink
	StuSells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 7–10	Cathy Auld	Lisa Farnell
	Credit Suisse Women's Masters Basel Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 7–9	Margaretha Sigfridsson	Mirjam Ott
9	Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 14–17	Eve Muirhead	Crystal Webster
10	Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 21–24	Renée Sonnenberg	Heather Nedohin
	Labatt Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Oct. 21–24	Michèle Jäggi	Olga Zyablikova
	Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Buckingham, Quebec, Oct. 21–23	Jenn Hanna	Marie-France Larouche
11	Colonial Square Ladies Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Oct. 28–31	Crystal Webster	Valerie Sweeting
12	Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic Kemptville, Ontario, Nov. 3–6	Sherry Middaugh	Jenn Hanna
	Stockholm Ladies Cup Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 3–6	Liudmila Privivkova	Anna Hasselborg
	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 4–7	Silvana Tirinzoni	Kelley Law
13	Vancouver Island Shootout Victoria, British Columbia, Nov. 11–13	Roselyn Craig	Ayumi Ogasawara
14	Interlake Pharmacy Classic Stonewall, Manitoba, Nov. 18–21	Barb Spencer	Joelle Brown
	Sun Life Classic Brantford, Ontario, Nov. 18–21	Sherry Middaugh	Erika Brown
15	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 24–27	Barb Spencer	Lisa DeRiviere
	International ZO women's tournament Wetzikon, Switzerland, Nov. 25–27	Andrea Schöpp	Mirjam Ott
	Boundary Ford Curling Classic Lloydminster, Alberta, Nov. 25–28	Jessie Kaufman	Dana Ferguson
16	Laphroaig Scotch Open Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 2–4	Erika Brown	Patti Lank
18	Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 16–18	Cassandra Potter	Allison Pottinger
22	International Bernese Ladies Cup Bern, Switzerland, Jan. 13–15	Michèle Jäggi	Jennifer Jones
23	Glynhill Ladies International Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 20–22	Mirjam Ott	Michèle Jäggi
30	Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Grande Prairie, Alberta, Mar. 8–11	Shannon Kleibrink	Renée Sonnenberg
31	Victoria Curling Classic Invitational Victoria, British Columbia, Mar. 29–Apr. 1	Chelsea Carey	Shannon Kleibrink
36	Sun Life Financial Players' Championship Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Apr. 17–22	Stefanie Lawton	Cathy Overton-Clapham

WCT Order of Merit rankings

Men[4] as of Week 36 # Skip Points 1 Mike McEwen 476.130 2 Kevin Martin 468.510 3 Glenn Howard 463.733 4 Jeff Stoughton 368.665 5 Niklas Edin 329.415 6 Kevin Koe 316.875 7 Thomas Ulsrud 239.844 8 John Epping 231.433 9 Rob Fowler 219.855 10 Brad Gushue 184.383

Women[5] as of Week 36 # Skip Points 1 Jennifer Jones 416.500 2 Heather Nedohin 308.715 3 Stefanie Lawton 279.225 4 Mirjam Ott 247.905 5 Chelsea Carey 244.970 6 Shannon Kleibrink 236.840 7 Amber Holland 210.509 8 Sherry Middaugh 207.685 9 Cathy Overton-Clapham 193.962 10 Margaretha Sigfridsson 180.935

WCT Money List

Men[6] as of Week 36 # Skip $ (CAD) 1 Mike McEwen 149,969 2 Kevin Martin 105,000 3 Glenn Howard 100,750 4 John Epping 65,500 5 Kevin Koe 61,250 6 Niklas Edin 56,993 7 Brad Gushue 54,554 8 Jeff Stoughton 50,008 9 Randy Ferbey 41,000 10 Tom Brewster 38,356

Women[7] as of Week 36 # Skip $ (CAD) 1 Cathy Overton-Clapham 52,422 2 Sherry Middaugh 49,000 3 Jennifer Jones 44,858 4 Stefanie Lawton 43,200 5 Michèle Jäggi 25,492 6 Liudmila Privivkova 24,953 7 Silvana Tirinzoni 23,974 8 Renée Sonnenberg 23,500 9 Crystal Webster 23,150 10 Mirjam Ott 22,982

The Dominion MA Cup

The Dominion MA Cup presented by TSN was contested in the 2011–12 season.^[8][9] The Cup was awarded to the Canadian Curling Association Member Association (MA) who has had the most success during the season in CCA-sanctioned events. Events include the Canadian mixed championship, men's and women's juniors championships, the Scotties, the Brier, the men's and women's senior championships and the national wheelchair championship. Points were awarded based on placement in each of the events, with the top association receiving 14 points, then the 2nd place team with 13, etc.

Alberta won the second Dominion MA Cup, finishing first in five of the eight events, including the Scotties, and finishing second in the other three events, including the Brier. Alberta also defended its title from last year, when they tied with Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan finished in fourth place with two first-place finishes, while last year's runner-up Manitoba finished in a close third, losing second place to Ontario, which had one first-place finish.

Standings

Rank	Member Association	CMCC	CWJCC	CMJCC	Scotties	Brier	CWSCC	CMSCC	CWhCC	Total Pts.	Avg. Pts
1	Alberta	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	109.000	13.625
2	Ontario	9	11	7	7	14	10	12	12	82.000	10.250
3	Manitoba	8	13	12	12	12	6	9	9	81.000	10.125
4	Saskatchewan	14	9	10	9	4	9	7	14	76.000	9.500
5	Northern Ontario	6	8	13	–	9	8	10	10	64.000	9.143
6	British Columbia	11	12	2	13	7	5	11	7	68.000	8.500
7	New Brunswick	12	6	6	8	10	11	6	–	59.000	8.429
8	Quebec	7	5	8	11	6	7	8	11	63.000	7.875
9	Nova Scotia	3	10	11	4	5	12	5	8	58.000	7.250
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	4	3	3	6	8	13	13	6	56.000	7.000
11	Prince Edward Island	10	7	5	3	3	4	4	–	36.000	5.143
12	Northwest Territories	5	2	4	5	11	3	2	–	32.000	4.571
13	Yukon	1	4	9	–	–	2	3	–	23.000	3.286
14	Nunavut	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.000	2.000

Capital One Cup

The Capital One Cup was a season-long competition that awarded curling teams point values for their participation in Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events. At the end of the season, the men's and women's teams with the top three point values were awarded a purse of prize money.

The points were allocated as follows:

Grand Slam Event Key

Autumn	Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
BDO	BDO Canadian Open of Curling
GPPC	GP Car and Home Players' Championship
GPWC	GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling
Manitoba	Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic
National	Pomeroy Inn & Suites National

Rank	Point Value
	GPWC, National, BDO Autumn, Manitoba, Sobeys	GPPC
1st	12 points	24 points
2nd	9 points	18 points
3rd/4th	7 points	14 points
5th–8th	5 points	10 points
Qualifying	1 point per win	–

Men # Team GPWC BDO National GPPC Total 1 Glenn Howard 12 7 12 18 49 2 Kevin Martin 7 5 9 14 35 3 John Epping 9 1 – 24 34 4 Mike McEwen 5 12 2 14 31 5 Jeff Stoughton 5 9 5 10 29 Niklas Edin 7 7 5 10 29 6 Brad Gushue 5 2 7 10 24 7 Kevin Koe 5 3 5 10 23 8 Jim Cotter 1 2 7 – 10 9 Rob Fowler 2 5 2 – 9 10 Brad Jacobs 2 5 – – 7 11 Thomas Ulsrud 1 – 5 – 6 12 Jean-Michel Ménard – 5 – – 5 13 Randy Ferbey 3 1 – – 4 14 Steve Laycock 1 0 2 – 3 Greg Balsdon 3 – – – 3 Brent Bawel – – 3 – 3 15 Robert Schlender 1 1 0 – 2 Dale Matchett 1 1 – – 2 Tom Brewster – 2 – – 2 Jamie King – – 2 – 2 Robert Rumfeldt – – 2 – 2 Brock Virtue – – 2 – 2 16 Mark Kean 0 1 – – 1 Brent Pierce – – 1 – 1 17 Steve Petryk – – 0 – 0

Women # Team Autumn Manitoba GPPC Total 1 Cathy Overton-Clapham 12 7 18 37 2 Stefanie Lawton 5 5 24 34 3 Jennifer Jones 4 5 14 23 4 Sherry Middaugh 7 1 14 22 5 Heather Nedohin 1 9 10 20 6 Chelsea Carey 2 4 10 16 7 Renée Sonnenberg 3 12 – 15 8 Eve Muirhead 3 – 10 13 9 Cheryl Bernard 5 7 – 12 10 Shannon Kleibrink 9 – – 9 Krista McCarville 7 2 – 9 Kelly Scott 4 5 – 9 11 Dana Ferguson 5 3 – 8 12 Amber Holland 3 4 – 7 13 Desirée Owen 1 4 – 5 Darcy Robertson – 5 – 5 Crystal Webster 5 – – 5 14 Nadine Chyz 4 – – 4 Rachel Homan 1 3 – 4 Margaretha Sigfridsson – 4 – 4 Valerie Sweeting 2 2 – 4 Jill Thurston 2 2 – 4 15 Erika Brown 1 2 – 3 Delia DeJong 3 – – 3 Julie Hastings – 3 – 3 Tracy Horgan 3 – – 3 Heather Smith-Dacey – 3 – 3 16 Kerry Galusha 2 – – 2 Kim Ji-Sun 2 – – 2 Briane Meilleur – 2 – 2 Casey Scheidegger 2 – – 2 17 Joelle Brown – 1 – 1 Satsuki Fujisawa – 1 – 1 Janet Harvey – 1 – 1 Jessie Kaufman 1 0 – 1 Michelle Montford – 1 – 1 Anette Norberg – 1 – 1 Liudmila Privivkova 1 – – 1 Barb Spencer – 1 – 1 18 Chantelle Eberle – 0 – 0 Tanilla Doyle 0 – – 0 Lisa Eyamie 0 – – 0 Patti Lank 0 – – 0 Kim Link – 0 – 0 Deb McCreanor – 0 – 0 Allison Pottinger 0 – – 0

Notable team changes

Retirements

• Kim Dolan, one of Prince Edward Island's most notable curlers, retired from competitive curling following her final Scotties appearance.^[10]
• Randy Ferbey, one of the most dominant curlers in recent history, retired from competitive curling^[11] after his team broke up.^[12][13]

Careers on hiatus

• Sisters Jenn Hanna and Stephanie Hanna announced that they will leave competitive curling, and do not intend to play competitively in the near future.^[14]

Team line-up changes

Teams listed by skip, new teammates listed in bold

• Mary-Anne Arsenault: Arsenault replaced current third Stephanie McVicar with former teammate and skip Colleen Jones, a six-time Canadian champion who won five championships with Arsenault. Jones will play third, while Arsenault's current second, Kim Kelly, and lead, Jennifer Baxter, will remain in their current positions.^[15]
• Cheryl Bernard: Bernard decided to drop her lead Jennifer Sadleir after only one season together due to off-ice issues. Shannon Aleksic, a Saskatchewan native who previously played for British Columbia's Kelley Law, will join the team as the new lead.^[16]
• Suzanne Birt: Robyn MacPhee, Birt's current second, decided to take a year off of competitive curling, and will be replaced by Sarah Fullerton, a former Prince Edward Island provincial junior champion.^[17]
• Jim Cotter: Third Kevin Folk has relocated to Calgary for work. Folk has been replaced by former Winnipeg skip and Russian national champion Jason Gunnlaugson, who moved to British Columbia for work.^[18]
• Brad Gushue: Third Ryan Fry left the team following the end of the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.^[19] Brett Gallant, a former Canadian Junior champion from Prince Edward Island, will join the team as Fry's replacement.^[20] Gallant will play at second, while current second Adam Casey will play at third.
• Amber Holland: Holland parted ways with her team of Heather Kalenchuk, Tammy Schneider and Kim Schneider,^[21] and formed a new squad consisting of Dailene Sivertson, Brooklyn Lemon and Jolene Campbell.^[22] Siverston, a former British Columbia provincial junior champion, last played as Kelly Scott's second, and will play lead for Holland. Lemon, a former provincial junior champion of Saskatchewan, joins as second, and Campbell, a former skip and Holland's alternate in recent seasons, will play as third.
• Shannon Kleibrink: Longtime third Amy Nixon, who left the team in March to form her own team, was replaced by Kalynn Park, who is a former Alberta provincial junior champion.^[23] Park will play as second, while Bronwen Webster, who sat out as alternate for much of the season due to pregnancy, will be promoted from second to third following her return.
• Amy Nixon left her longtime skip Shannon Kleibrink to form a new squad consisting of Nadine Chyz, Whitney More and Tracy Bush.^[24] Chyz, who will play as third, is a former Canadian Junior champion and World Junior silver medallist. More, who will play as second, is a former Alberta provincial champion, while Bush, who will play as lead, is also a former Canadian Junior champion and World Junior silver medallist.
• Kelly Scott: Lead Jacquie Armstrong retired from curling,^[25] and second Dailene Sivertson left the team to play lead for Amber Holland. Sarah Wazney, a former Canadian Junior champion, will be joining the team at lead.^[26]
• Heather Smith-Dacey: Third Danielle Parsons left the team and was replaced by Stephanie McVicar, a former Canadian Junior silver medallist.^[27]
• Jeff Stoughton: Longtime lead Steve Gould was dropped from the team.^[28] Gould has been replaced by Olympic gold medalist Mark Nichols, who previously played with Brad Gushue.^[29]