2023 PointsBet Invitational

The 2023 PointsBet Invitational curling tournament was held from September 27 to October 1 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, Ontario.^[1] The event featured thirty-two Canadian teams and was the first major event of the 2023–24 season.^[2] It was played in a single-elimination tournament with the winning team on both the men's and women's sides receiving $50,000 each.

2023 PointsBet Invitational
Host city	Oakville, Ontario
Arena	Sixteen Mile Sports Complex
Dates	September 27 – October 1
Men's winner	Team Carruthers
Curling club	Morris CC, Morris
Skip	Reid Carruthers
Third	Brad Jacobs
Second	Derek Samagalski
Lead	Connor Njegovan
Coach	Rob Meakin
Finalist	Matt Dunstone
Women's winner	Team Homan
Curling club	Ottawa CC, Ottawa
Skip	Rachel Homan
Third	Tracy Fleury
Second	Emma Miskew
Lead	Sarah Wilkes
Coach	Don Bartlett
Finalist	Kerri Einarson
« 2022 2024 »

Qualification

The top 10 ranked men's and women's 2022–23 CTRS standings qualified for the event first.^[3] The 2023 Ontario men's and women's champions also qualified. Additionally, the reigning men's and women's champions of the 2023 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the 2023 CCAA/Curling Canada College Curling Championships, the 2023 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships, the 2023 U25 NextGen Classic and the 2022 Canadian Curling Club Championships received a berth to round out the field.

Men

Top CTRS men's teams:^[4]

1. Brad Gushue
2. Brendan Bottcher
3. Matt Dunstone
4. Kevin Koe
5. Reid Carruthers
6. Karsten Sturmay
7. Aaron Sluchinski
8. Mike McEwen
9. John Epping
10. Tanner Horgan
11. Ryan Wiebe
12. Colton Flasch

Ontario champions:

• Mike McEwen
• Glenn Howard

Junior champions:

• Johnson Tao

CCAA champions:

• Jacob Dobson

U Sport champions:

• Sam Mooibroek

U25 NextGen champions:

• Rylan Kleiter

Club champions:

• Greg Balsdon

Women

Top CTRS women's teams:^[5]

1. Kerri Einarson
2. Rachel Homan
3. Jennifer Jones
4. Kaitlyn Lawes
5. Clancy Grandy
6. Casey Scheidegger
7. Meghan Walter
8. Christina Black
9. Isabelle Ladouceur
10. Kayla Skrlik
11. Danielle Inglis
12. Andrea Kelly
13. Serena Gray-Withers
14. Nancy Martin

Ontario champions:

• Rachel Homan
• Hollie Duncan

Junior champions:

• Myla Plett

CCAA champions:

• Josie Zimmerman

U Sport champions:

• Serena Gray-Withers

U25 NextGen champions:

• Serena Gray-Withers
• Abby Marks

Club champions:

• Shaelyn Park

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Greg Balsdon	Jordan Keon	Curtis Samoy	Trevor Talbott		Richmond Hill, Ontario
Brendan Bottcher	Marc Kennedy	Brett Gallant	Ben Hebert		Calgary, Alberta
Reid Carruthers	Brad Jacobs	Derek Samagalski	Connor Njegovan		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jacob Dobson	Austin Snyder	Noah Garner	Matthew Abrams	Kevin Genjaga	Toronto, Ontario
Matt Dunstone	B. J. Neufeld	Colton Lott	Ryan Harnden		Winnipeg, Manitoba
John Epping	Mat Camm	Pat Janssen	Jason Camm		East York, Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	E. J. Harnden	Geoff Walker		St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Scott Howard (Fourth)	Glenn Howard (Skip)	David Mathers	Tim March		Penetanguishene, Ontario
Rylan Kleiter	Joshua Mattern	Matthew Hall	Trevor Johnson		Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kevin Koe	Tyler Tardi	Jacques Gauthier	Karrick Martin		Calgary, Alberta
Mike McEwen	Colton Flasch	Kevin Marsh	Dan Marsh		Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sam Mooibroek	Kibo Mulima	Wyatt Small	Ben Pearce	Codie Harris	Waterloo, Ontario
Aaron Sluchinski	Jeremy Harty	Kerr Drummond	Dylan Webster		Airdrie, Alberta
Karsten Sturmay	Kyle Doering	Glenn Venance	Kurtis Goller	J. D. Lind	St. Albert, Alberta
Johnson Tao	Jaedon Neuert	Zach Davies	Adam Naugler		Edmonton, Alberta
Ryan Wiebe	Ty Dilello	Sean Flatt	Adam Flatt		Winnipeg, Manitoba

Knockout Brackets

	Sweep 16					Elite 8					Final 4					Final
	1	Brad Gushue	9
	16	Greg Balsdon	4
						1	Brad Gushue	8
						9	Ryan Wiebe	4
	8	John Epping	5
	9	Ryan Wiebe	8
											1	Brad Gushue	5
											5	Reid Carruthers	6
	5	Reid Carruthers	10
	12	Johnson Tao	3
						5	Reid Carruthers	9
						13	Rylan Kleiter	8
	4	Kevin Koe	6
	13	Rylan Kleiter	10
																5	Reid Carruthers	9
																3	Matt Dunstone	8
	6	Karsten Sturmay	8
	11	Glenn Howard	4
						6	Karsten Sturmay	5
						3	Matt Dunstone	8
	3	Matt Dunstone	10
	14	Sam Mooibroek	5
											3	Matt Dunstone	6
											10	Mike McEwen	5
	7	Aaron Sluchinski	5
	10	Mike McEwen	11
						10	Mike McEwen	9
						2	Brendan Bottcher	5
	2	Brendan Bottcher	7
	15	Jacob Dobson	1

Knockout Results

All draw times listed in Eastern Time (UTC-04:00).^[7]

Sweep 16

Wednesday, September 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Rylan Kleiter	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Reid Carruthers	2	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	X	10
Johnson Tao	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	9
Greg Balsdon	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Ryan Wiebe	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	8

Thursday, September 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Karsten Sturmay	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	X	X	8
Glenn Howard	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Dunstone	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	10
Sam Mooibroek	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	X	X	7
Jacob Dobson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	5
Mike McEwen	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	3	X	X	11

Elite 8

Friday, September 29, 4:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	9
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	X	8
Ryan Wiebe	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Karsten Sturmay	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Matt Dunstone	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	9
Rylan Kleiter	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	8

Final 4

Saturday, September 30, 5:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Matt Dunstone	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Reid Carruthers	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	6

Final

Sunday, October 1, 5:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Reid Carruthers	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	9
Matt Dunstone	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	8

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Dunstone
Connor Njegovan	94%	Ryan Harnden	95%
Derek Samagalski	94%	Colton Lott	99%
Brad Jacobs	86%	B. J. Neufeld	88%
Reid Carruthers	85%	Matt Dunstone	88%
Total	90%	Total	92%

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Christina Black	Jenn Baxter	Karlee Everist	Shelley Barker		Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Hollie Duncan	Megan Balsdon	Rachelle Strybosch	Tess Guyatt	Julie Tippin	Woodstock, Ontario
Kerri Einarson	Val Sweeting	Shannon Birchard	Briane Harris		Gimli, Manitoba
Clancy Grandy	Kayla MacMillan	Lindsay Dubue	Rachelle Brown[a]		Vancouver, British Columbia
Serena Gray-Withers	Catherine Clifford	Brianna Cullen	Zoe Cinnamon	Gracelyn Richards	Edmonton, Alberta
Rachel Homan	Tracy Fleury	Emma Miskew	Sarah Wilkes		Ottawa, Ontario
Danielle Inglis	Kira Brunton	Calissa Daly	Cassandra de Groot		Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Karlee Burgess	Emily Zacharias	Lauren Lenentine		Winnipeg & Altona, Manitoba
Isabelle Ladouceur	Grace Lloyd	Jamie Smith	Rachel Steele		Whitby, Ontario
Kaitlyn Lawes	Selena Njegovan	Jocelyn Peterman	Kristin MacCuish		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Abby Marks	Elysa Crough	Kim Bonneau	Julianna Mackenzie		Edmonton, Alberta
Nancy Martin	Lindsay Bertsch	Madison Kleiter	Krysten Karwacki		Martensville, Saskatchewan
Shaelyn Park	Krista Flanagan	Lynn LeBlanc	Shannon Tatlock		Moncton, New Brunswick
Myla Plett	Alyssa Nedohin	Chloe Fediuk	Allie Iskiw		Airdrie & Sherwood Park, Alberta
Kayla Skrlik	Brittany Tran	Geri-Lynn Ramsay	Ashton Skrlik		Calgary, Alberta
Josie Zimmerman	Bryn Woloshyn	Claire Bevan-Stewart	Darby-Anne Swanson	Hope Zimmerman	Camrose, Alberta

Knockout Brackets

	Sweep 16					Elite 8					Final 4					Final
	1	Kerri Einarson	15
	16	Josie Zimmerman	3
						1	Kerri Einarson	10
						8	Kayla Skrlik	6
	8	Kayla Skrlik	7
	9	Danielle Inglis	6
											1	Kerri Einarson	8
											4	Kaitlyn Lawes	3
	5	Clancy Grandy	6
	12	Hollie Duncan	5
						5	Clancy Grandy	3
						4	Kaitlyn Lawes	8
	4	Kaitlyn Lawes	11
	13	Abby Marks	5
																1	Kerri Einarson	7
																2	Rachel Homan	9
	6	Christina Black	8
	11	Nancy Martin	7
						6	Christina Black	9
						3	Jennifer Jones	6
	3	Jennifer Jones	10
	14	Myla Plett	6
											6	Christina Black	5
											2	Rachel Homan	10
	7	Isabelle Ladouceur	8
	10	Serena Gray-Withers	6
						7	Isabelle Ladouceur	6
						2	Rachel Homan	10
	2	Rachel Homan	11
	15	Shaelyn Park	1

Knockout Results

All draw times listed in Eastern Time (UTC-04:00).^[7]

Sweep 16

Wednesday, September 27, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kaitlyn Lawes	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	X	X	11
Abby Marks	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Clancy Grandy	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Hollie Duncan	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerri Einarson	1	4	0	2	0	6	2	0	X	X	15
Josie Zimmerman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kayla Skrlik	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	7
Danielle Inglis	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6

Thursday, September 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christina Black	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	8
Nancy Martin	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jennifer Jones	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	10
Myla Plett	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rachel Homan	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	X	X	11
Shaelyn Park	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8
Serena Gray-Withers	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	6

Elite 8

Friday, September 29, 11:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	6
Rachel Homan	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerri Einarson	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	10
Kayla Skrlik	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christina Black	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	9
Jennifer Jones	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Clancy Grandy	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Kaitlyn Lawes	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	X	8

Final 4

Saturday, September 30, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christina Black	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	5
Rachel Homan	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	X	8
Kaitlyn Lawes	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3

Final

Sunday, October 1, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	7
Rachel Homan	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	9

Player percentages
Team Einarson		Team Homan
Briane Harris	89%	Sarah Wilkes	88%
Shannon Birchard	84%	Emma Miskew	79%
Val Sweeting	81%	Tracy Fleury	88%
Kerri Einarson	61%	Rachel Homan	84%
Total	79%	Total	84%

Notes

1. Rachelle Brown spared for Sarah Loken.