Where to watch Brier 2025 Curling? Live TV Channel, Schedule, and Score

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The annual Montana’s Brier curling competition is set to begin this weekend, bringing together 18 of the top curling teams from across Canada. Hosted in Saskatchewan, this prestigious event not only offers a significant cash prize but also grants the winner a coveted spot in the World Men’s Curling Championship.

A total of 18 teams will compete in the 2025 Montana’s Brier. Fourteen teams have qualified through their respective provincial and territorial championships, while Team Canada (last year’s champion), along with three wild card teams, complete the field. The defending champion, Team Brad Gushue, returns to represent Canada after winning the 2024 Montana’s Brier.

Fans can watch the action live on TSN, which holds the exclusive broadcasting rights for Montana’s Brier. Additionally, live streaming will be available through TSN Direct or Curling World, allowing fans to follow their favorite teams on multiple devices.

For international viewers, coverage may be accessible through Curling World OTT or other regional sports networks, depending on broadcasting rights in each country.

Team Canada: Led by Skip Brad Gushue
Team Alberta (Koe): Featuring veteran skip Kevin Koe
Team Manitoba (Dunstone): Skipped by Matt Dunstone
Team Saskatchewan (McEwen): Headed by Mike McEwen
Team Ontario: Led by Sam Mooibroek

For the complete list of teams and players, see the full roster above.

The tournament begins on Friday, February 28, 2025, and culminates with the championship final on Sunday, March 9, 2025. The teams are divided into two pools and will compete in a round-robin format, followed by playoffs to determine the winner.

Opening Draws:
Feb 28, 9:30 p.m. ET – Manitoba (Carruthers) vs. British Columbia
Feb 28, 9:30 p.m. ET – Canada vs. Newfoundland and Labrador

Playoffs Begin:
March 7, 3:30 p.m. ET – Page 1/2 Qualifier Matches
March 7, 9:30 p.m. ET – Page 3/4 Qualifier Matches

Championship Weekend:
Semifinal: March 9, 2:00 p.m. ET
Final: March 9, 8:00 p.m. ET

But Gushue’s rink is looking a little shaky right now. In October, he and longtime teammates Mark Nichols and Geoff Walker parted ways with second E.J. Harnden, who helped them to their last two national championships with his powerful sweeping. They replaced him with Brendan Bottcher, the only skip besides Gushue to win a Brier in the past five years. It seemed like a high-upside move, but since reaching the final of the Canadian Open in early November, the team is just 2-7 in the Grand Slams — including an 0-4 disaster in their most recent outing.

Gushue’s struggles have opened the door for Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone and Alberta’s Brad Jacobs, and maybe Northern Ontario’s John Epping and Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen, to possibly unseat him as Canadian champ.

They’re all in the top nine of statistical guru Ken Pomeroy’s global power ratings, and Dunstone and Jacobs have even overtaken Gushue, who’s fallen to fifth place after finishing No. 1 last year. The Brier betting odds are more or less in line, with Jacobs and Dunstone (in that order) clearly favoured over Gushue, who’s a concerning 8-14 against top-10 opponents this season.

Jacobs is probably the most interesting challenger to Gushue’s throne. Now based in Calgary, he won the 2013 Brier for Northern Ontario and went on to capture Olympic gold the following year in Sochi. Jacobs, 39, is now the skip for Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert after they ditched Bottcher in favour of him last April. The new foursome reached the final at each of the last two Grand Slams, though they lost them to Scottish skips Bruce Mouat and Ross Whyte, the top two in Pomeroy’s ratings

Pool A

Team (Skip)WinsLossesAlberta (Kevin Koe)00British Columbia (Cameron de Jong)00Canada (Brad Gushue)00Manitoba (Reid Carruthers)00Manitoba (Matt Dunstone)00New Brunswick (James Grattan)00Newfoundland and Labrador (Ty Dilello)00Northern Ontario (John Epping)00Nunavut (Shane Latimer)00

Pool B

Team (Skip)WinsLossesAlberta (Brad Jacobs)00Northwest Territories (Aaron Bartling)00Nova Scotia (Owen Purcell)00Ontario (Sam Mooibroek)00Prince Edward Island (Tyler Smith)00Quebec (Felix Asselin)00Saskatchewan (Rylan Kleiter)00Saskatchewan (Mike McEwen)00Yukon (Thomas Scoffin)00