Calgary’s Kayla Skrlik earned the biggest first win of the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax on Sunday.Men’s and women’s winners to represent Canada at Milano-Cortina Winter GamesThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 23, 2025 2:07 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Top-ranked Rachel Homan suffered her first loss at the Olympic curling trials on Sunday. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press/File)Calgary’s Kayla Skrlik earned the biggest first win of the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax on Sunday.Skrlik’s rink defeated the top-ranked women’s team in the world, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan, 8-7 in extra ends. It snapped Homan’s 32-game winning streak against Canadian teams, a streak that spanned 413 days.“It’s a really good confidence builder win, I think the best confidence builder we could have,” Skrlik said. “But, it’s still a long week, we can’t just beat Homan and lose the rest of our games. We’re taking it one shot, one game at a time and that really helped, especially against Rachel.”Skrlik (1-2) broke a 4-4 tie with a three-point ninth end. But Homan (2-1), the reigning Canadian and world champion, forced Skrlik to the extra end by making a draw for three in the 10th.“Getting three is actually easier than you think in the 10th end when they throw both wings and Rachel’s making everything. So, we knew there was a chance we’d go into the extra,” Skrlik said. “Did I think I would have to make a runback to force the extra? Maybe not. But, honestly, an extra with the hammer is all we could hope for.”Halifax’s Christina Black (1-2) also earned her first win of the Olympic trials, handing Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes (2-1) her first loss with a 7-3 decision.That left Kerri Einarson’s rink of Gimli, Man., as the only undefeated team in the women’s standings. Einarson moved to 3-0 with a 9-1 victory over Corryn Brown (1-2) of Kamloops, B.C.Edmonton’s Selena Sturmay (2-1) beat Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man., 12-5.WATCH | CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux previews Canadian Olympic curling trials:Olympic spots are on the line at the 2025 Canadian Curling Trials in HalifaxCBC Sports’ Devin Heroux previews the upcoming 2025 Canadian Curling Trials from Halifax.Earlier in the day, Homan defeated Black 8-2 over eight ends and Einarson held on for a 6-5 win over Cameron, who scored singles in each of the final four ends. Einarson is a four-time Canadian champion who finished runner-up to Homan at this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts.Lawes scored one in the 11th end for an 8-7 victory over Sturmay. In other action, Brown edged Skrlik 7-6.In men’s action Sunday afternoon, Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., and Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone both improved to 2-0. Gushue defeated Calgary’s Kevin Koe (1-1) 5-3 while Dunstone got past Jordon McDonald (0-2), also of Winnipeg, by a score of 8-4.In other results, John Epping (1-1) of Sudbury, Ont., defeated Saskatoon’s Mike McEwen (1-1) 9-5 while Calgary’s Brad Jacobs (1-1), the defending Canadian men’s champion, scored two in the 11th end for a 6-4 victory over Saskatoon’s Ryan Kleiter (0-2).The winner of the men’s and women’s competitions will represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy.
Calgary’s Skrilik upsets top-ranked Homan in extra ends at curling trials
