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2024–25 curling season
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The 2024–25 curling season began in May 2024 and ended in May 2025.
World Curling Federation events
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Championships
Qualification events
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Other events
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Curling Canada events
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Championships
Invitationals
Provincial and Territorial Playdowns
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National championships
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Australia
Czech Republic
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Denmark
Estonia
Finland
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Germany
Hungary
Italy
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Japan
Latvia
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New Zealand
Norway
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Poland
Russia
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Video: "Russian Curling TV" (in Russian). (Official RuTube-channel of Russian Curling Federation)
Scotland
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South Korea
Sweden
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Switzerland
United States
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Tour events
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Men's events
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* Women's team.[265]
Women's events
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Mixed doubles events
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World Curling team rankings
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Notable team changes
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Retirement Announcements
Glenn Howard: The four-time Canadian and world champion announced his retirement in April 2024, citing a knee injury.[398] The 61-year-old, who also won 14 Grand Slam titles during his career, will now be a coach for the team, skipped by his son, Scott Howard.[399]
Jennifer Jones: One of the most decorated Canadian curlers of all time, Jones announced her retirement from competitive women's play days prior to the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[400] Her historic career includes six Canadian titles, two world titles, ten Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold in 2014. She continues to play mixed doubles with her husband Brent Laing.[401]
Kerry Galusha: The 21-time Northwest Territories women's champion, and supporter of curling in Canada's North and indigenous communities, announced her retirement from competitive curling after the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[402]
Career on hiatus from team curling
Skylar Ackerman: The 22-year-old Saskatchewan skip announced she would be taking a break from competitive curling to pursue further education in the healthcare field.[403] Ackerman made her national women's debut at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where she led her team to a 4–4 record.
Gina Aitken: Announced she would be stepping away from competitive curling after four years with Team Rebecca Morrison.[404] With Morrison, Aitken won bronze at the 2022 European Curling Championships and secured two Scottish Women's Curling Championship titles.
Shelley Barker: Announced she would step away from competitive curling after playing lead on Team Christina Black since the 2020–21 season.[405] While playing for Black, Barker won two Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts titles and went on to place fifth and fourth at the 2022 and 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts respectively.
Clancy Grandy: The two-time reigning BC champion skip announced she was stepping away to focus on other opportunities.[406] Grandy and her team represented British Columbia at consecutive national championships during their two-year run together, finishing sixth in 2023.
Becca Hamilton: After playing over a decade in the women's game, Hamilton parted ways with the Tabitha Peterson rink to focus on mixed doubles for the 2024–25 season with her brother Matt.[407] While playing under Nina Roth and subsequently Peterson, Hamilton won five United States Women's Curling Championship titles, two United States Olympic Team Trials and bronze at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.- Briane Harris: The four-time Canadian champion was deemed ineligible to compete at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts after testing positive for ligandrol, a banned substance.[408] She was later provisionally suspended for up to four years. While she appeals the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, she will not compete with Team Kerri Einarson. Alternate Krysten Karwacki, who played in her position at the Scotties, will take her place on the team for the 2024–25 season.
Michèle Jäggi: After not finding a fourth player for the 2023–24 season, Jäggi announced she would step back from competitive curling.[409] The Swiss player won gold at the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with partner Sven Michel.- David Mathers: After playing for the Howard's for nearly a decade, Mathers decided to step back from competitive curling.[410] He will still compete in mixed doubles with his wife Lynn Kreviazuk.
Karsten Sturmay: The Alberta skip, who competed in the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, announced he, along with lead Kurtis Goller were moving on from competitive curling.[410] Sturmay is a former Alberta Golden Bear and represented Canada at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Russia, finishing second.- Meghan Walter: Former third for Kate Cameron, Walter announced she would be stepping back to focus on her studies.[411] In their first year together, the Cameron rink took home bronze at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[412]
Team line-up changes pre-season
Teams listed by skip, new teammates listed in bold
Félix Asselin: Following the departure of Émile Asselin, 2006 Canadian champion Jean-Michel Ménard returned to competitive curling to play third on the team.[413] Martin Crête moved to second while Jean-François Trépanier stayed at lead.- Christina Black: After Shelley Barker stepped away from competitive play, both Jill Brothers and Marlee Powers were added with the team now consisting of five players.[414][415] The revised lineup saw Black continue to skip with Brothers at third, Jenn Baxter at second, Karlee Everist at lead and Powers as the alternate.
- Corryn Brown: After Jennifer Armstrong stepped away from the four-person game to focus on mixed doubles,[416] the team added Yukon native Sarah Koltun, who previously played second on Team Kerry Galusha.[417]
- Kate Cameron: Following the departure of Meghan Walter, the team added Brianna Cullen to the team at second.[418] Previously playing for the University of Alberta's Serena Gray-Withers rink, Cullen won two U Sports curling championships and reached the semifinal of the 2024 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[410] Cullen's addition at second moved Taylor McDonald to third.
- Jolene Campbell: After parting ways with Sara Oliver, the team added Dayna Demmans as their new lead.[419] With the addition of Demmans, the team will now compete out of Saskatchewan after previously playing out of Manitoba.[410]
- Chelsea Carey: With the retirement of Jennifer Jones, the remaining three Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias and Lauren Lenentine added Chelsea Carey as their new skip for the 2024–25 season.[420] A two-time Canadian champion, Carey joins the team after sparing for the majority of the 2023–24 season on Team Michèle Jäggi.
- Reid Carruthers: Following the departure of Brad Jacobs, the team added Catlin Schneider as their new third.[421] A Saskatchewan native, Schneider previously played for the likes of John Morris, Matt Dunstone and Colton Flasch.
- John Epping: After his former team of Mat Camm, Pat Janssen and Jason Camm dissolved, Epping formed a new team with Jacob Horgan, Tanner Horgan and Ian McMillan for the 2024–25 season.[422] The Horgan brothers finished sixth at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier representing Northern Ontario and won a plethora of junior medals while McMillan played in Manitoba for most of his career before joining Team Horgan in 2023.[410]
- Mike Fournier: After his former team of Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison and Zander Elmes disbanded, Fournier formed a new team with Charlie Richard, Punit Sthankia and Émile Asselin.[423] In 2023, Asselin represented Canada at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship where the team won a bronze medal.
- Scott Howard: With his father Glenn Howard retiring, Scott Howard stepped up as skip of the team and rejigged the lineup, adding Mat and Jason Camm at third and second while Tim March remains at lead.[424] The Camm brothers previously played for the John Epping rink.
- Brad Jacobs: After dropping their former skip Brendan Bottcher, the remaining three Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert added Brad Jacobs as their new skip for the 2024–25 season.[425] Jacobs, the 2014 Olympic and 2013 Canadian champion, left the Reid Carruthers rink before making the move west.
- Kayla MacMillan: After their former skip Clancy Grandy took a hiatus, the team added former BC junior champion Sarah Daniels as their new third.[426] Kayla MacMillan moved into the skip position.
- Nancy Martin: After her former team of Lindsay Bertsch, Madison Kleiter and Krysten Karwacki disbanded, Martin formed a new team with Chaelynn Kitz, Kadriana Lott and Deanna Doig.[427] Lott, who has a strong mixed doubles background with husband Colton, is the import player from Manitoba.
- Tabitha Peterson: After parting ways with Becca Hamilton, the team added Vicky Persinger and Taylor Anderson to the front-end.[407] Persinger previously played for the team at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship while Anderson will play without her twin Sarah for the first time.
Sylvie Quillian: After disbanding her former team of Sarah Mallais, Carol Webb and Jane Boyle, Quillian formed a new team with Jennifer Armstrong, Erin Carmody and Katie Vandenborre.[428] While playing under the Andrea Kelly rink, both Quillian and Vandenborre won a bronze medal at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Armstrong returned to New Brunswick for the first time since 2020 while Carmody, a former Scotties silver medallist, will play out of the province for the first time.[410]
Thomas Scoffin: After leaving Team Aaron Sluchinski to step back from competitive curling, Kerr Drummond joined the Thomas Scoffin rink out of Yukon, replacing previous lead Evan Latos.[410]- Robyn Silvernagle: After playing in Saskatchewan her entire career, Silvernagle joined the Alberta trio of Jessie Hunkin, Jessie Haughian and Kristie Moore as their out-of-province player.[429] Hunkin previously skipped her own Alberta team for two seasons with Haughian playing third.
- Kayla Skrlik: After three years, Team Skrlik parted ways with third Brittany Tran.[430] She was replaced by four-time Scotties participant Margot Flemming, the previous third for Team Kerry Galusha.[431]
- Aaron Sluchinski: Following the departure of Kerr Drummond, the team added Kyle Doering who played for the now disbanded Karsten Sturmay rink.[432] Having played in back-to-back Briers in 2022 and 2023, Doering was added to the Brad Gushue rink as their alternate for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship where the team took home the silver medal.
- Delaney Strouse: After parting ways with Rebecca Rodgers and Susan Dudt, Sarah Anderson was added to the team at third.[407] The two-time U.S. champion will play without her twin Taylor for the first time. Anne O'Hara moves from third to lead.
- Laurie St-Georges: After parting ways with Kelly Middaugh, the team added Lisa Weagle who returned to competitive women's play for the first time since the 2021–22 season.[433] Weagle, who spent nearly a decade as lead for Rachel Homan, is a two-time Olympian, three-time Scotties champion and ten-time Grand Slam champion.[434]
- Ashley Thevenot: With their former skip Skylar Ackerman taking a break from competitive curling, the team added three-time Scotties participant Brittany Tran following her departure from Team Kayla Skrlik.[435] Tran slotted into the team at third while previous third Ashley Thevenot moved up to skip.
- Evan van Amsterdam: Out of Alberta, van Amsterdam formed a new team with Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton and Parker Konschuh.[436] Ginter and Middleton both previous played for the Catlin Schneider rink out of the BC which disbanded. The team also announced Darren Moulding would be their coach and play as alternate in certain events.[410]
Team line-up changes during season
Teams listed by skip, new teammates listed in bold
- Kevin Koe: On September 24, the Kevin Koe rink announced they would be parting ways with second Jacques Gauthier.[437] On October 8, he was replaced by Aaron Sluchinski.[438]
- Aaron Sluchinski: On October 8, Aaron Sluchinski announced he would be parting ways with his team of Jeremy Harty, Kyle Doering and Dylan Webster, citing other opportunities. Sluchinski later joined Team Kevin Koe that same day.[438]
Brad Gushue: On October 10, the Brad Gushue rink announced they were parting ways with second E. J. Harnden.[439] Harnden previously helped the team win the 2023 and 2024 Canadian championships. On October 15, it was announced that Brendan Bottcher would be joining Brad Gushue's rink as his second following the departure of E. J. Harnden,[440] Bottcher would also be stepping back from his coaching duties of Team Homan.[441][442]- Matt Dunstone: On December 5, the Matt Dunstone rink announced they were parting ways with mate B. J. Neufeld. In their two and a half years together as a team, they found success winning multiple World Curling Tour Championships, and were 2023 Canadian silver medalists.[443] It was announced on December 8 that the Matt Dunstone team would be joined by E. J. Harnden, who will be playing second, with Ryan Harnden, E. J.’s brother, playing lead, and Colton Lott will move from second to third.[444]
- Chelsea Carey: On January 2, the Chelsea Carey rink announced that mate Karlee Burgess will be leaving the team to purse other opportunities, and that they will make announcements on the team's plans in the near future.[445][446]
- Kerri Einarson: On January 3, it was announced that Shannon Birchard will miss the remainder of the season due to a knee injury, and will be replaced by Karlee Burgess.[447]
- Kate Cameron: On March 17, the Kate Cameron rink announced they were parting with Brianna Cullen. On March 24, Cameron announced that Briane Harris will depart the Kerri Einarson rink to play with Cameron as third, with Taylor McDonald returning to playing second.[448]
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