Curling Canada kunngjør poolene for 2026 Montana’s Brier i St. John’s

Curling Canada har annonsert de offisielle lagpoolene for 2026 Montana’s Brier, som skal finne sted i St. John’s, Newfoundland og Labrador. Arrangementet vil ha 18 lag delt i to pooler, med Brad Gushue som lokal favoritt i sin siste sesong. Mesterskapet går fra 27. februar til 8. mars på Mary Brown’s Centre.

2026 Montana’s Brier, Canadas herrecurling-mesterskap, vil finne sted fra 27. februar til 8. mars på Mary Brown’s Centre i St. John’s, Newfoundland og Labrador. Dette er første gang St. John’s arrangerer arrangementet siden 2017, da lokale skip Brad Gushue sikret sin første av seks Brier-titler. Gushue, en St. John’s-innfødt, har annonsert at 2025-26-sesongen blir hans siste, noe som gjør dette til hans 23. Brier-deltakelse. De 18 lagene inkluderer fremtredende skip som forsvarende mester Brad Jacobs fra Team Canada, som for øyeblikket konkurrerer for Canada ved Milano Cortina 2026-OL. Andre toppkandidater er to ganger finalist Matt Dunstone, fire ganger vinner Kevin Koe og evige utfordrer Mike McEwen. Merknadsverdige nykommere inkluderer Manitobas Braden Calvert og Ontarios Jayden King. Lagene er delt i to pooler med ni lag hver. Pool A har Team Canada (Brad Jacobs), Newfoundland og Labrador-Gushue (Brad Gushue), Ontario (Jayden King), Saskatchewan-Knapp (Kelly Knapp), Québec (Jean-Michel Ménard), Nova Scotia (Kendal Thompson), Prince Edward Island (Tyler Smith), Newfoundland og Labrador-Young (Nathan Young) og Nunavut (Derek Samagalski). Pool B inkluderer Manitoba-Dunstone (Matt Dunstone), Saskatchewan-McEwen (Mike McEwen), Alberta (Kevin Koe), Manitoba-Calvert (Braden Calvert), New Brunswick (James Grattan), British Columbia (Cody Tanaka), Northern Ontario (Dustin Montpellier), Yukon (Thomas Scoffin) og Northwest Territories (Jamie Koe). Formatet følger tidligere år: de tre beste lagene fra hver pool går videre til sluttspill etter round-robin, uten omkamp. Uavgjort løses med head-to-head-resultater, deretter Last-Shot Draw-rankinger. Sluttspillkamper starter med førsteplass fra Pool A mot andreplass fra Pool B, og omvendt. Vinnere går til Page 1 vs. 2-kamp, tapere møter tredjeplass-lag for sjanse til Page 3 vs. 4. Finalen er satt til 8. mars kl. 18.00 ET, med vinneren som representerer Canada ved VM i herrecurling i Ogden, Utah, fra 27. mars til 4. april.

Relaterte artikler

Brad Gushue delivers a stone during his final Brier at the 2026 championship in St. John's.
Bilde generert av AI

2026 Brier begins in St. John's amid Gushue's retirement

Rapportert av AI Bilde generert av AI

The 2026 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, opened on February 27 in St. John's, Newfoundland, with 18 teams competing for a spot at the world championships. Hometown skip Brad Gushue enters his 23rd and final Brier, aiming for a record seventh title after six previous wins. Defending champions Team Canada, fresh off Olympic gold, face stiff competition in the week-long tournament at Mary Brown's Centre.

The Montana's Brier, Canada's men's curling championship, begins Friday at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, N.L., offering a curling fix after the Winter Olympics. The 10-day tournament's winner will represent Canada at the World Men's Curling Championship from March 27 to April 4 in Ogden, Utah. Key narratives include Brad Gushue's farewell season and Brad Jacobs defending his title post-Olympic gold.

Rapportert av AI

The 2026 Canadian men's curling championship, known as the Brier, will run from February 27 to March 8 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The field includes 18 teams divided into two pools, featuring defending Olympic champions, provincial winners, and territorial representatives. Highlights include retirements, historic debuts, and experienced skips.

Brad Gushue remained undefeated at the 2026 Montana's Brier with an 8-5 victory over fellow Newfoundland and Labrador curler Nathan Young in St. John's on Monday evening. The match pitted two generations against each other, drawing a sellout crowd to the Mary Brown's Centre. Gushue, competing in his final Brier before retirement, improved to 4-0 in Pool A.

Rapportert av AI

Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador and Brad Jacobs of Team Canada advanced to a crucial elimination playoff at the 2026 Montana's Brier after rebounding from earlier losses on Friday. Gushue defeated Ontario's Jayden King 12-6, while Jacobs beat Manitoba's Braden Calvert 7-3 in evening qualifiers at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's. The winner of Saturday's "Battle of the Brads" will advance to Sunday's semifinal.

Reid Carruthers and his team have been voted the top seed for the 2026 Bunge Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling event. As two-time defending champions, they enter as favorites in a stacked field without pre-qualified Team Matt Dunstone. The tournament introduces a new triple-knockout format with 24 teams.

Rapportert av AI

Brad Gushue's storied career in men's curling concluded with a 7-5 playoff defeat to Brad Jacobs at the Montana’s Brier in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. The 45-year-old six-time Canadian champion received an emotional farewell from over 6,000 hometown fans. Jacobs' team, fresh off Olympic gold, advanced to the semifinals.

 

 

 

Dette nettstedet bruker informasjonskapsler

Vi bruker informasjonskapsler for analyse for å forbedre nettstedet vårt. Les vår personvernerklæring for mer informasjon.
Avvis