The 2023-24 season is kicking off with the second annual PointsBet Invitational by Curling Canada, marking a significant event.
Sixteen men’s and women’s teams are all geared up for a high-stakes, single-elimination tournament, vying for a total purse of $350,000. The competition will unfold between September 27th and October 1st, right in Oakville, Ontario.
The action is set to kick off at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex this Wednesday, starting at 2 PM ET/11 AM PT with the Women’s Sweep 16 event.
How to watch 2023 PointsBet Invitational Curling Anywhere
- TV Channel: TSN
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The 2023 PointsBet Invitational will be on TSN for the entire tournament.
Fans can either watch live on TSN, or stream the competition on TSN.ca or on the TSN app
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Expect to see a diverse range of teams taking part, ranging from Canadian champions and top contenders to club champions and promising junior rinks eager to shine in the spotlight.
Last year’s victors, Jennifer Jones and Reid Carruthers, who triumphed in Fredericton, New Brunswick, are returning to defend their titles in Oakville, although with some adjustments to their lineups.
This season comes with its fair share of intriguing storylines. For instance, it’s David Murdoch’s debut year as Curling Canada’s new Director of High Performance, and the start of the qualifying journey for the Canadian Olympic Trials. Many of Canada’s elite teams see the PointsBet Invitational as a pivotal event in their curling campaigns.
2023 PointsBet Invitational Curling Schedule
Here’s the complete schedule of, 2023 PointsBet Invitational Men’s and Women’s games
Women’s Sweep 16 events schedule
Sweep 16
Wednesday, September 27 at 2pm Et/11am PT
(No. 4) Team Lawes 11 vs. (No. 13) Team Marks 5
(No. 5) Team Grandy 6 vs. (No. 12) Team Duncan 5 – Draw to the button
(No. 1) Team Einarson 15 vs. (No. 16) Team Zimmerman 3
(No. 8) Team Skrlik 7 vs. (No. 9) Team Inglis 6
Thursday, September 28 at 2pm ET/11am PT
(No. 6) Team Black vs. (No. 11) Team Martin
(No. 3) Team Jones vs. (No. 14) Team Plett – Feature Game
(No. 2) Team Homan vs. (No. 15) Team Park
(No. 7) Team Ladouceur vs. (No. 10) Team Gray-Withers
Elite 8
Friday, September 29 at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT
(No. 1) Team Einarson vs. (No. 8) Team Skrlik
(No. 4) Team Lawes vs. (No. 5) Team Grandy
TBD vs. TBD
TBD vs. TBD
Men’s Sweep 16 events schedule
Wednesday, September 27 at 7pm ET/4pm PT
(No. 4) Team Koe 6 vs. (No. 13) Team Kleiter 10
(No. 5) Team Carruthers 10 vs. (No. 12) Team Tao 3
(No. 1) Team Gushue 9 vs. (No. 16) Team Balsdon 4
(No. 8) Team Epping 5 vs. (No. 9) Team Wiebe 8
Thursday, September 28 at 7pm ET/4pm PT
(No. 6) Team Sturmay vs. (No. 11) Team Howard
(No. 3) Team Dunstone vs. (No. 14) Team Mooibroek – Feature Game
(No. 2) Team Bottcher vs. (No. 15) Team Dobson
(No. 7) Team Sluchinski vs. (No. 10) Team McEwen
Elite 8
Friday, September 29 at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT
(No. 1) Team Gushue vs. (No. 9) Team Wiebe
(No. 5) Team Carruthers vs. (No. 13) Team Kleiter
TBD vs. TBD
TBD vs. TBD
Final Four
Saturday, September 30 at 5pm ET/2pm PT
TBD vs. TBD
TBD vs. TBD
Championship Game
Sunday, October 1 at 5pm ET/2pm PT
TBD vs. TBD
The Celebrity Invitational
The Celebrity Invitational event returns Friday night, approx 30 minutes after the conclusion of the men’s Elite 8 draw.
The celebrities will have a draw-to-the-button contest. Like before, PointsBet is again giving up to $1 million for any fan who can predict the perfect PointsBet Invitational bracket, along with multiple other prizes in its Sweep 16 Bracket Challenge.
Rosters (Listed in order of skip, third, second, lead)
Women’s Rosters
(1) TEAM EINARSON
Gimli Curling Club, Manitoba
Kerri Einarson
Val Sweeting
Shannon Birchard
Briane Harris
Reid Carruthers (coach)
(2) TEAM HOMAN
Ottawa Curling Club
Rachel Homan
Tracy Fleury
Emma Miskew
Sarah Wilkes
Don Bartlett (coach)
(3) TEAM JONES
St. Vital (Winnipeg) & Altona Curling Clubs
Jennifer Jones
Karlee Burgess
Emily Zacharias
Lauren Lenentine
Glenn Howard (coach)
(4) TEAM LAWES
Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg
Kaitlyn Lawes
Selena Njegovan
Jocelyn Peterman
Kristin MacCuish
Connor Njegovan (coach)
(5) TEAM GRANDY
Vancouver Curling Club
Clancy Grandy
Kayla MacMillan
Lindsay Dubue
Sarah Loken
Rachel Brown (alternate)
Katie Witt (coach)
(6) TEAM BLACK
Dartmouth Curling Club
Nova Scotia
Christina Black
Jennifer Baxter
Karlee Everist (vice-skip)
Shelley Barker
(7) TEAM LADOUCEUR
Whitby Curling Club, Ontario
Isabelle Ladouceur
Grace Lloyd
Jamie Smith
Rachel Steele
Maurice Wilson (coach)
(8) TEAM SKRLIK
Garrison Curling Club, Calgary
Kayla Skrlik
Brittany Tran
Geri-Lynn Ramsay (vice-skip)
Ashton Skrlik
(9) TEAM INGLIS
The Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club
Danielle Inglis
Kira Brunton
Calissa Daly
Cassandra de Groot
Steve Acorn (coach)
(10) TEAM GRAY-WITHERS
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Serena Gray-Withers
Catherine Clifford
Brianna Cullen
Zoe Cinnamon
Gracelyn Richards (alternate)
Amanda-Dawn St. Laurent (coach)
(11) TEAM MARTIN
Martensville Curling Club, Saskatchewan Nancy Martin
Lindsay Bertsch
Madison Kleiter
Krysten Karwacki
Gerry Adam (coach)
(12) TEAM DUNCAN
Woodstock Curling Centre, Ontario
Hollie Duncan
Megan Balsdon
Rachelle Strybosch
Tess Guyatt
Julie Tippin (alternate)
Sherry Middaugh (coach)
(13) TEAM MARKS
Crestwood Curling Club, Edmonton
Abby Marks
Elysa Crough
Kim Bonneau
Julianna MacKenzie
(14) TEAM PLETT
Airdrie & Sherwood Park Curling Clubs
Myla Plett
Alyssa Nedohin Chloe Fediuk
Allie Iskiw
Blair Lenton (coach)
(15) TEAM PARK
Curl Moncton
Shaelyn Park
Krista Flanagan
Lynn L. LeBlanc
Shannon Tatlock
(16) TEAM ZIMMERMAN
University of Alberta, Augustana Campus
Josie Zimmerman
Bryn Woloshyn
Claire Bevan-Stewart
Darby-Anne Swanson
Hope Zimmerman (alternate)
MEN’S ROSTERS
(1) TEAM GUSHUE
RE/MAX Centre/St. John’s Curling Club, N.L.
Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
E.J. Harnden
Geoff Walker
Caleb Flaxey (coach)
(2) TEAM BOTTCHER
The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Brendan Bottcher
Marc Kennedy
Brett Gallant
Ben Hebert
Paul Webster (coach)
(3) TEAM DUNSTONE
Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg
Matt Dunstone
B.J. Neufeld
Colton Lott
Ryan Harnden
Adam Kingsbury (coach)
(4) TEAM KOE
The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Kevin Koe
Tyler Tardi
Jacques Gauthier
Karrick Martin
John Dunn (coach)
(5) TEAM CARRUTHERS
Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg
Reid Carruthers
Brad Jacobs
Derek Samagalski
Connor Njegovan
Rob Meakin (coach)
(6) TEAM STURMAY
St. Albert Curling Club, Alberta
Karsten Sturmay
Kyle Doering
Glenn Venance
Kurtis Goller
J.D. Lind (coach/alternate)
(7) TEAM SLUCHINSKI
Airdrie Curling Club, Alberta
Aaron Sluchinski
Jeremy Harty
Kerr Drummond
Dylan Webster
Mickey Pendergast (coach)
(8) TEAM EPPING
Leaside Curling Club, Toronto
John Epping
Mat Camm
Patrick Janssen
Jason Camm
( 9 ) TEAM WIEBE
Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg
Ryan Wiebe
Ty Dilello
Sean Flatt
Adam Flatt
Tom Clasper (coach)
(10) TEAM McEWEN
Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Mike McEwen
Colton Flasch
Kevin Marsh
Dan Marsh
(11) TEAM HOWARD
Penetanguishene Curling Club, Ontario
Glenn Howard
Scott Howard
David Mathers
Tim March
(12) TEAM TAO
Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton Johnson Tao
Jaedon Neuert
Zach Davies
Adam Naugler
Skip Wilson (coach)
(13) TEAM KLEITER
Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon
Rylan Kleiter
Joshua Mattern
Matt Hall (vice-skip)
Trevor Johnson
Dean Kleiter (coach)
(14) TEAM MOOIBROEK
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont.
Sam Mooibroek
Kibo Mulima
Wyatt Small
Ben Pearce
Codie Harris (alternate)
Matt Wilkinson (coach)
(15) TEAM DOBSON
Humber College, Toronto
Jacob Dobson
Austin Snyder
Noah Garner
Matthew Abrams
Kevin Genjaga (alternate)
Zack Shurtleff (coach)
(16) TEAM BALSDON
Richmond Hill Curling Club, Ontario
Greg Balsdon
Jordan Keon
Curtis Samoy
Trevor Talbott