After a highly contested Tim Hortons Brier earlier this month, the next big stage for curling is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship.
Las Vegas hosts the 13 best teams in the world, with Canada being one of them. The country is looking to get back to the podium after missing out on a medal in 2021 and is searching for its first gold since 2017.
The attention turns to veteran Brad Gushue and his team, who earned their fourth Brier win by defeating Kevin Koe's Team Alberta. That punched their ticket to the world tournament, where they will be competing for the third time.
The same quartet owns Canada's last curling championship win, when Gushue and Co. defeated Sweden in 2017. Canada owns the most gold medals at the event with 36 all time since the tournament began in 1959.
Here is what you need to know about Team Canada at the World Men's Curling Championship.
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Who is representing Canada at the World Men's Curling Championship?
Gushue's team has been in the bright lights of curling in 2022. In addition to their win at the Brier, the crew also won bronze at the 2022 Winter Olympics in February, taking down the United States in the bronze medal game.
Here is a look at the personnel of Team Canada:
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Brad Gushue (skipper)
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Geoff Walker (lead)
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Brett Gallant (second)
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Mark Nichols (third)
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E. J. Harnden (alternate)
The foursome of Gushue, Walker, Gallant and Nichols has been a group since 2014. Gushue and Nichols first began competing together in 1998, when Gushue brought him on as the team's third. The two stayed together until 2011, when Nichols joined Jeff Stoughton's team for three seasons before reuniting with Gushue in 2014.
Walker originally joined Gushue's team as a second in 2011 before switching the next season to his current lead position. He started his professional curling career with Kurt Balderston in 2008 before making the switch to Gushue's squad.
Gallant has only been with Team Gushue during his professional career. He made the jump from juniors in 2014. However, Team Gushue announced ahead of the world tournament that once the 2021-22 season finished, Gallant will be leaving the team for another crew.
Harnden was selected as the alternate for the team a couple of weeks ago. He throws second stone for Brad Jacobs' rink.
When is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship?
The 2022 tournament begins Saturday, April 2, and the final of the competition will be played Sunday, April 10, at 5 p.m. ET.
Round-robin play will run from April 2 through April 8. The qualification playoffs and semifinals will take place April 9, with the bronze- and gold-medal games taking place the next day.
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | TV |
| Saturday, April 2 | 5 p.m. | Canada vs Czech Republic | TSN1 |
| Saturday, April 2 | 10 p.m. | Canada vs. Norway | TSN1 |
| Sunday, April 3 | 5 p.m. | Netherlands vs. Canada | TSN1 |
| Sunday, April 3 | 10 p.m. | Switzerland vs. Canada | TSN1 |
| Monday, April 4 | 5 p.m. | Canada vs. Italy | TSN1 |
| Tuesday, April 5 | 5 p.m. | Germany vs. Canada | TSN3 |
| Wednesday, April 6 | 12 p.m. | Canada vs. Sweden | TSN1 |
| Wednesday, April 6 | 10 p.m. | Finland vs. Canada | TSN1 |
| Thursday, April 7 | 12 p.m. | United States vs. Canada | TSN3 |
| Thursday, April 7 | 10 p.m. | Canada vs. Korea | TSN1 |
| Friday, April 8 | 12 p.m. | Canada vs. Scotland | TSN5 |
| Friday, April 8 | 10 p.m. | Denmark vs. Canada | TSN1 |
| Saturday, April 9 | 5 p.m. | Qualification playoffs | TSN1 |
| Saturday, April 9 | 10 p.m. | Semifinals | TSN1 |
| Sunday, April 10 | 2 p.m. | Bronze-medal game | TSN1 |
| Sunday, April 10 | 7 p.m. | Gold-medal game | TSN1 |
What channel is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship on in Canada?
The world championship will be broadcast on TSN, with live streaming available on TSN Direct, TSN.ca and the TSN app.
You can find most of Canada's matchups on TSN1, with the exception of two on TSN3 and one on TSN5.
Where is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship taking place?
The tournament will be hosted at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
The venue is home to the Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis, a mixed-gender professional tennis league. It is also occasionally used by the UNLV basketball teams and is the temporary home of the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights, an affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights. The hockey team is playing there while its new arena is being constructed in Henderson.
Who has represented Canada in the past at the World Men's Curling Championship?
This will be Gushue's third time in the past six years that he and his crew will represent Canada at the World Men's Curling Championship.
It would have been four, but the 2020 tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gushue's team had won the 2022 Tim Horton's Brier and would have gone to the tournament.
Here is a look at the past 10 teams to represent Canada at the international tournament.
2012: Team Howard (Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill)
2013: Team Jacobs (Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden)
2014: Team Koe (Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen)
2015: Team Simmons (Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen)
2016: Team Koe (Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert)
2017: Team Gushue (Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker)
2018: Team Gushue (Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker)
2019: Team Koe (Kevin Koe, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Flasch, Ben Hebert)
2020: Tournament canceled because of COVID
2021: Team Bottcher (Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Brad Thiessen, Karrick Martin)
