Matt Dunstone improved to a perfect 4-0 record at the 2025 Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax with a 9-7 win over Brad Gushue in Monday’s evening draw. Kerri Einarson topped Kaitlyn Lawes 6-4 to remain the lone unbeaten women’s rink.Gushue suffers 1st loss, Dunstone improves to 4-0 record in Halifax The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 24, 2025 12:12 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Matt Dunstone, shown in action at the Canadian Olympic curling trials action in Halifax on Monday, beat Brad Gushue 9-7 to improve to a 4-0 record. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press)Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone improved to a perfect 4-0 record at the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax with a 9-7 win over St. John’s Brad Gushue in Monday’s evening draw. “That was 11 ends of complete and utter mayhem. I thought we controlled the majority of that game,” said Dunstone. “Again, didn’t start with hammer, we just did what we do. “We flipped hammer right away, you know, cracked it open in seven, and then Brad took his turn doing what he does, and that’s being Brad Gushue late in games, and he put relentless amounts of pressure on us.”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.Brad Jacobs, the 2014 Olympic champion, and his Calgary squad defeated Winnipeg’s Jordon McDonald 6-3, who’s still searching for his first win.Saskatoon’s Mike McEwen topped Calgary’s Kevin Koe 9-7 as both teams sit at 2-2, and Saskatoon’s Ryan Kleiter improved to 1-3 with a 10-7 win over Toronto’s John Epping (1-3).Gushue won 5-3 over Epping in Monday’s opening draw, taking the low-scoring contest by stealing a point in the third and sixth ends. Gushue’s rink also took care of the rock with the hammer by not giving up a steal to Epping.Gushue, the 2006 Olympic champion, is hoping to represent Canada at the Winter Games once again in his final competitive season. He also led Canada to bronze at the 2022 Olympics.Dunstone began the day with a 7-3 win over Kleiter. Dunstone went up 5-1 after five ends and cruised to victory from there.In other early draw results, Koe scored three in the ninth end in an 8-7 win over McDonald, and Jacobs beat McEwen 6-3.On the women’s side, Rachel Homan rebounded from a rare setback with a 12-5 victory over Selena Sturmay in Monday’s afternoon draw.Homan improved to 3-1, returning to her winning ways after an extra-end loss to Kayla Skrlik on Sunday ended her 32-game winning streak against Canadian opponents.The Ottawa-based team took control of the match against Edmonton’s Sturmay with a five-point third end that gave it an 8-2 lead.”It’s a short round robin so you have to come out strong every game, and anything in the past, nothing can be changed about that,” Homan said. “You just have to move forward and come with your best game the next day.”Homan, the two-time defending Canadian and world women’s champion, moved into sole possession of second in the women’s standings, behind unbeaten Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man.Einarson improved to 4-0 with a 6-4 win over Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes.In other afternoon results, Christina Black of Halifax won 9-4 over Corryn Brown of Kamloops, B.C., and Skrlik scored two in the 10th end for a 7-6 victory over Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man.Lawes, Sturmay, Black and Skrlik were part of a logjam at 2-2. Brown fell to 1-3 while Cameron is still chasing her first win at 0-4.The winners of the men’s and women’s competitions at the curling trials will represent Canada at the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy.With files from CBC Sports
Unbeaten Dunstone, Einarson rinks lead the way at Canadian Olympic curling trials
