Retirement Announcements •
Jolene Campbell: Campbell, notably the alternate on
Amber Holland's
2011 Scotties championship team and
2011 World Championship silver medallist, announced her retirement. Campbell was also a two-time
provincial champion skip, and made 6 total
Scotties appearances. •
Reid Carruthers: Carruthers, the
second on
Jeff Stoughton's
2011 Brier and
2011 World Men's Curling Championship winning team, an 8-time
Manitoba Provincial Men's Curling Championship winner, as well as two
Grand Slam of Curling titles, announced his retirement at the end of the season. Carruthers also won the
2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with
Joanne Courtney, where they went on to win silver at the
2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. •
Martin Crête: The thirteen time Brier participant for Quebec announced his retirement alongside teammates
Jean-Michel Ménard and
Jean-François Trépanier. A longtime teammate of Ménard's, Crête played third and second throughout his career on a member of the Ménard and
Mike Fournier rinks. During his career, Edin earned several distinctions, becoming the only skip to win three Olympic medals and eight
world titles. He also won eight
European Championships in addition to four
Grand Slam of Curling titles, seven
Swedish Men's titles and gold medals at the
2004 World Junior Curling Championships and
2009 Winter Universiade. •
Brad Gushue: One of the most successful men's curlers in Canadian history as a record six-time
Brier champion, including three in a row from 2022 to 2024, Gushue announced that he will be retiring at the end of the season. He has represented Canada twice at the Olympics, skipping his team to Olympic gold in
2006 in Turin, and bronze in
2022 in Beijing. Gushue has 15
Grand Slam titles, one world championship gold (
2017) and four silvers (
2018,
2022,
2023,
2024) on his resume. Gushue also co-authored a book in 2006 with
Alex J. Walling titled
Golden Gushue: a Curling Story, which provided a behind-the-scenes look at the rise of his team to Olympic gold. •
E. J. Harnden: An Olympic gold medalist at the
2014 Sochi Winter Games as the
second of the Canadian team skipped by his cousin
Brad Jacobs, announced his retirement at the end of the competitive season. Throughout his career, he has curled on teams skipped by Jacobs,
Brad Gushue, and
Matt Dunstone, winning 10 Grand Slam titles. Harnden has also won four silver medals at the
World Curling Championships (2013, 2022, 2023, 2024) and four
Brier titles (2013, 2023, 2024, 2026). Harnden and his Olympic gold medalist team were known for their physical fitness, described as "fitness freaks" and "embraced curling's athletic evolution as much or more than any other team", helping to start the movement of more curling athletes embracing fitness and spending equal time "on the curling ice and at the gym". •
Jasmin Holtermann: Holtermann announced she would be stepping away from competitive curling shortly after the
2026 Winter Olympics. As a member of the Danish women's team, Holtermann competed in back-to-back Olympic Games (2022, 2026), four World Championships and six European Championships, winning gold in . She also represented Denmark at four
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with husband
Henrik Holtermann with their best finish of ninth coming in . •
John Landsteiner: The
Olympic Champion from 2018, Landsteiner, announced his retirement on 16 of July 2025. The long-time lead of
John Shuster's team also won the
bronze medal at the 2016 World Championship in Switzerland. The six time
US Curling Champion competed at the last three Olympics. •
Kim Yeong-mi:
Gangneung City Hall athlete Kim, former lead and recent alternate on
Kim Eun-jung's silver medal-winning team at the
Olympics in 2018, announced her retirement at the end of the season and will return to her hometown of
Uiseong County, where she has been appointed as the elementary division coach for Uiseong County Office. She represented Korea four times at the
Women's World Championship, most notably where she won the silver medal in
2022. The six time
Korean Women's Championshion also won gold at the
Pacific-Asia Championships in
2016 and
2017. •
Jean-Michel Ménard: Ménard, a 13-time
Quebec Tankard champion and the first
Francophone skip to win
The Brier in
2006, as well as a world silver medalist at the
2006 World Men's Curling Championship, announced his retirement at the end of the season. Ménard was also an accomplished mixed curler, winning two Canadian Mixed titles in
2001 and
2021, and would also win a world championship title at the
2022 World Mixed Curling Championship. •
Krista Scharf: Scharf, who is most well known for skipping her rink and doing well at major tournaments such as the
Scotties and
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, despite not playing many tour events - their team mission to be the "best 'amateur' team in the World", announced her retirement from competitive curling at the end of the season. Scharf throughout her career has participated at 13 Scotties, with 2 silver medals (, ) and 2 bronze medals (, ). Scharf has also finished third at two Canadian Olympic Trials (
2009,
2021). •
Dennis Thiessen: One of the prominent members of the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Program and advocate of
wheelchair curling, as well as an inductee into the
Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, Thiessen announced his retirement from competitive curling. Thiessen throughout his career, has represented Canada at 3
Paralympic Winter Games, winning gold at
Sochi 2014, and bronze at both
PyeongChang 2018 and
Beijing 2022. He also won gold in
2013 and silver in
2020 over five appearances at the
World Wheelchair Curling Championships, as well as one bronze medal at the . •
Silvana Tirinzoni: Tirinzoni, one of the most decorated European curlers of all time, with her team currently ranked Number 1 in the world, announced her retirement at the end of the season. As a skip, Tirinzoni was a four-time
World Champion (, , , ), and three-time Olympian (
2018,
2022,
2026), winning the silver medal in the 2026 edition of the event. Tirinzoni is also notably a former
World Junior Curling Champion, two-time
European champion, and seven-time
Grand Slam of Curling champion. •
Jean-François Trépanier: The former hockey player turned curler announced his retirement alongside teammates
Jean-Michel Ménard and
Martin Crête. Trépanier competed in six Briers for Quebec throughout his career as well as participated in the
2021 and
2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. After playing competitively for over a decade in the women's game in the United States, she was a
United States Women's National Champion in 2019 and
2021, and a
World Junior silver medalist in 2016. •
Jenn Baxter: Baxter, a longtime member of
Christina Black's Nova Scotia rink, decided to "step away from competitive curling for now". With Black, Baxter earned a silver medal at the
2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, a bronze medal at the
2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won three
Nova Scotia Women's Curling Championships. She also won bronze at the
2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts while playing for
Mary-Anne Arsenault. •
Mat Camm: Camm announced he'd be taking a break from competitive curling with the disbandment of Team
Scott Howard. Hall is a former
Canadian and
World junior champion and finished 3–5 at the
2025 Montana's Brier. •
Carole Howald: Howald who notably is a six-time women's world champion, winning five titles as alternate for Teams
Binia Feltscher and
Alina Pätz and one as second for
Silvana Tirinzoni in , as well as a three-time
European Curling Champion and five-time
Grand Slam of Curling champion, announced that she'd be stepping back from competitive team curling to focus on mixed doubles and
Rock League. •
Connor Njegovan: The career lead from Manitoba announced he would be taking a break from competitive curling as he and wife
Selena Njegovan welcome twins during the offseason. Njegovan participated in six Briers throughout his career and played on teams skipped by
Jeff Stoughton,
Brad Jacobs,
Reid Carruthers and
Jason Gunnlaugson. •
Ashton Skrlik: Skrlik announced she'd be taking a break from the competitive game after playing for her sister
Kayla for over a decade. In 2025, she finished fourth at the
Scotties Tournament of Hearts and competed in the
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, placing sixth.
Team line-up changes pre-season Teams listed by skip, new teammates listed in bold •
Kayla MacMillan: After parting ways with their third
Sarah Daniels, MacMillan added three time Alberta Scotties Champion
Brittany Tran as third, as well as three time Scotties silver medalist and two time world junior champion
Lauren Lenentine as their alternate. Second
Lindsay Dubue and lead
Sarah Loken remained in their same positions as last season. •
Jordon McDonald: Following two seasons together, McDonald announced they have parted ways with third
Dallas Burgess and added two time world junior champion
Jacques Gauthier as their new third for the 2025–26 season. •
Darren Moulding: After taking a year hiatus from competitive curling, Moulding announced he would be skipping a new team out of Alberta, alongside
Kyler Kleibrink,
Andrew Nerpin, and
Evan Crough •
Owen Purcell: After parting ways with second
Scott Saccary, Team Purcell announced Ontario curler
Gavin Lydiate would be joining their Nova Scotia rink at second. Third
Luke Saunders and lead
Ryan Abraham remained in their positions. •
Derek Samagalski: Samagalski, who has spent his 20-year career in Manitoba mostly playing front end for the likes of
Reid Carruthers,
Mike McEwen, and
Brad Jacobs, announced that he will skip his own team out of Nunavut, alongside
Sheldon Wettig,
Brady St. Louis, and
Christian Smitheran. •
Delaney Strouse: After
Sarah Anderson announced that she would be retiring from competitive play, the remaining members of Team
Delaney Strouse announced that they would be joined by
Madison Bear, who will now skip the team and throw lead stones. Strouse will throw fourth stones,
Sydney Mullaney as second, and
Anne O'Hara moving up to third. However, the team would continue to be referred to as Team Delaney Strouse. •
Laurie St-Georges: After the departure of
Lisa Weagle and
Jamie Sinclair, St-Georges added Québec Scotties Champion
Émilia Gagné as third and BC Junior Champion
Sarah Daniels as lead, with
Emily Riley continuing to play second.
Team line-up changes following the season •
Hailey Armstrong:
Grace Lloyd,
Michaela Robert and
Rachel Steele announced on February 16 that they were leaving Team Armstrong "due to philosophical differences" and "exploring new opportunities together next year". During their over 15-year run together, Brown,
Erin Pincott and
Samantha Fisher won the
2011 Canada Winter Games, the
2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and represented BC at four
Scotties Tournament of Hearts, reaching the playoffs in . •
Kate Cameron: Team Cameron announced in February that their team would disband following the end of the season. The team, which included
Briane Harris,
Taylor McDonald and
Mackenzie Elias failed to qualify for the
2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. •
Jolene Campbell: After a 3–5 finish at the
2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Campbell announced their disbandment with Campbell herself retiring from competitive curling. •
Stefania Constantini: The Italian champions announced their disbanded after a disappointing 5–7 finish at the
2026 World Women's Curling Championship. The team had their most successful season during the
2023–24 season, earning a silver medal at the
2023 European Curling Championships and finishing fourth at the
2024 World Women's Curling Championship. They also competed in twelve Grand Slam events during the 2022–2026 Olympic quadrennial, reaching the playoffs in five of them. •
Kerri Einarson: Team Einarson announced at the end of the season that they have parted ways with third
Val Sweeting, alternate
Krysten Karwacki and coach
Reid Carruthers. Together, Einarson has won four consecutive
Scotties Tournament of Hearts titles from 2020-23, also capturing back-to-back bronze medals at the World Women's Curling Championship in and . Team Einarson this season also finished third at the
2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, won the
2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and earned a silver medal at the
2026 World Women's Curling Championship. •
John Epping: Team Epping announced on February 4 that brothers
Jake and
Tanner Horgan, who played third and second, have left the team to explore new opportunities. As Epping did not qualify for this seasons
Brier, the remaining members of Team Epping (skip
John Epping and lead
Ian McMillan) decided to end their season in February and withdraw from scheduled tour events, and that they would begin to explore new options for next season. •
Satsuki Fujisawa: After an eleven-year run with
Loco Solare, third
Chinami Yoshida announced she'd be leaving the team. During their time together, Team Fujisawa were the most dominant Japanese women's team, earning Olympic silver and bronze in 2022 and 2018 respectively. They also earned a silver medal at the
2016 World Women's Curling Championship in their inaugural season and won the
2023 Canadian Open Grand Slam. •
James Grattan: The New Brunswick lineup announced
Joel Krats would be stepping away from the team after three years together. At the
2026 Montana's Brier, the team just missed the playoffs with a 5–3 record. •
Serena Gray-Withers: After two seasons together, Team Gray-Withers parted ways with second
Lindsey Burgess. During the 2025–26 season, the Gray-Withers rink won the
U25 NextGen Classic and finished runner-up at the
2026 Alberta Women's Curling Championship. •
Ha Seung-youn: Team Ha will disband after this season, with the back end Ha Seung-youn and
Kim Hye-rin pairing up with
Kim Cho-hi and
Kim Seon-yeong from the newly split team of
Kim Eun-jung; both front players
Yang Tae-i and
Kim Su-jin together with alternate and new third
Park Seo-jin will team up with
Park You-been, who will take over as skip. At the
2026 Ontario Tankard, the team had a disappointing fourth-place finish. •
Kim Eun-jung: Team Kim announced in March they would be going in different directions after a 17-year run together dating back to 2009. During that time, they won silver medals at the
2018 Winter Olympics and
2022 World Women's Curling Championship as well as six Korean national titles. Kim will move back to her hometown of
Uiseong joining her hometown team, Uiseong County Office, •
Kevin Koe: Team Koe announced that
Tyler Tardi would be leaving the team to "pursue other curling opportunities". Tardi joined Team Koe at third during the
2022–23 season, and captured a
Grand Slam of Curling title that season at the
2023 Players' Championship. Team Koe, which also features second
Aaron Sluchinski and lead
Karrick Martin, also earned silver at the
2026 Montana's Brier where they lost 6–3 to Manitoba's Matt Dunstone after going undefeated leading up to the final. •
Kaitlyn Lawes: Team Lawes announced that they would be disbanding as
Kaitlyn Lawes and
Kristin Gordon will be taking a year off competitive curling, and
Selena Njegovan and second
Jocelyn Peterman would be searching for new opportunities. •
Mike McEwen: Team McEwen announced following the Brier on social media that third Colton Flasch, second Kevin Marsh and lead Daniel Marsh have "chosen a different path" without skip McEwen for next season. Over their three seasons together, the team notably was the runner-up at the
2024 Montana's Brier, and finished third at the
2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. On March 14th, Flash and the Marsh Brothers announced that
Tyler Tardi would be joining the new team as their skip. •
Sam Mooibroek: The
2025 Ontario champions decided to call it quits after two seasons together. At the
2025 Montana's Brier, they finished just outside the playoff picture at 4–4. The following year, they lost the final of the
2026 Ontario Tankard to
Jayden King. •
Myla Plett: The reigning Canadian junior champions announced they'd be splitting up with
Alyssa Nedohin,
Chloe Fediuk and
Allie Iskiw shifting their focus to school. Team Plett dominated Canadian junior curling during their four-year run together, winning the
2023 and
2025 Canadian Junior Curling Championships as well as the
2023 Canadian U18 Curling Championships. •
Owen Purcell: After just one season as a squad, Team Purcell announced they would be exploring new opportunities for the 2026–27 season. •
Joël Retornaz: The Italian national men's team announced they'd be splitting up after four seasons together. During the
2023–24 season, the team rose to number one in the world and won three consecutive
Grand Slam events. They also won bronze medals at the
2022 European Curling Championships and
2024 World Men's Curling Championship. •
Kayla Skrlik: Team Skrlik announced on March 11th that they will disband after this season. •
Laurie St-Georges: After failing to qualify for the
2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts,
Sarah Daniels announced she would be parting ways with the team after just one season. •
Johnson Tao: Team Tao disbanded after six seasons together for skip Johnson Tao, second
Benjamin Morin and lead
Andrew Nowell. Third
Kenan Wipf also left the team to focus on career priorities. In 2023, Tao and Morin won the
2023 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. •
Silvana Tirinzoni: Ending the season as the number one ranked team in the world, the team formally announced their split alongside the retirement of their skip, Silvana Tirinzoni. Second
Carole Howald also stepped away from the team to focus on mixed doubles and
Rock League. During their eight years together, Tirinzoni and fourth
Alina Pätz were one of the most dominant duos in women's curling, capturing four consecutive
World Women's titles and five Grand Slam titles. At the
2026 Winter Olympics, they won the silver medal. •
Nathan Young: The
2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard champions split after a 3–5 record at the
2026 Montana's Brier. ==References==