Kerri Einarson remained undefeated at the Canadian curling trials with a 6-5 win over Kayla Skrlik on Tuesday night in Halifax.Manitoba skip (6-0) to face Ottawa’s Homan (5-1) in 1st-place match Wednesday in HalifaxThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 25, 2025 12:08 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.Manitoba skip Kerri Einarson, pictured, scored four in the ninth end Tuesday for 9-5 lead over Edmonton’s Selena Sturmay on the way to a 9-7 victory in Halifax. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Pres)Kerri Einarson continued her undefeated run through the Canadian Olympic curling trials on Tuesday night in Halifax with a 6-5 win over Kayla Skrlik. Einarson, of Gimli, Man., entered the night game with a playoff spot already secured, but still picked up her sixth win. The four-time Canadian women’s champion scored a single in the final frame against Calgary’s Skrlik (2-4). “Given the season we’ve had, I know we came out with a win for the start of our season, and then it was just kind of taken away and grinding,” Einarson said. “We’ve been really coming together this week as a team and as a unit, so it feels really good.”Ottawa’s Rachel Homan kept the heat on Einarson with an 8-7 win over Kaitlyn Lawes to improve to 5-1.Homan gave up a steal of three in the seventh end. However, the two-time reigning Canadian and world champions replied with two in eight and stole a single in nine for a two-point lead. Lawes had a chance to bring the game to an extra, but it was heavy on the draw, settling for one.“I think we had a tough break there, and we stayed tough. We stayed resilient, we fought back and put ourselves in a good opportunity to take control of the game back,” Homan said. Einarson and Homan are guaranteed a spot in the three-team playoffs and set up a round-robin finale matchup on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET for first place and a bye into the best-of-three finals. The team that finishes atop the round-robin standings gets direct entry into the final, while the second and third seeds face off in a semifinal.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.In the men’s afternoon draw, 2006 Olympic champion Brad Gushue and 2014 gold medallist Brad Jacobs won their matches to create a three-way tie for first place.Gushue, of St. John’s, scored two in an extra end for an 8-6 win over Winnipeg’s Jordon McDonald. Jacobs and his Calgary rink posted a 6-4 win over Toronto’s John Epping.Gushue, Jacobs and Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone were at 4-1 heading into the final two men’s round-robin draws on Wednesday. Dunstone suffered his first loss of the tournament Tuesday afternoon, falling 5-4 to Calgary’s Kevin Koe.Mike McEwen beat Ryan Kleiter 9-7 in a battle of Saskatoon skips.McEwen and Koe were right behind the leaders at 3-2, while Kleiter and Epping were 1-4 and McDonald was 0-5.The winner of the men’s and women’s trials will represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy.
Playoff-bound Kerri Einarson remains undefeated at Canadian curling trials
