Get to know the teams competing at this year's Brier

The 2025 Brier men's curling championship begins on Friday in Kelowna, B.C., and runs through March 9. Here are all the skips and rinks that will be vying to become this year's national champions.

Teams listed by seeding in their pools, athletes from skip to lead, followed by hometown.

CANADA: Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brendan Bottcher, Geoff Walker (St. John's)

Three-time defending champions hold the top seed but have posted middling results since adding Bottcher at second in November.

MANITOBA-DUNSTONE: Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden (Winnipeg)

A perennial contender, the team has been in top form since E.J. Harnden joined his brother on the front end about three months ago.

NORTHERN ONTARIO: John Epping, Jacob Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan (Sudbury)

A heavy schedule and impressive results helped this team crack the top five in the national rankings. Epping represented Ontario on three previous trips to the Brier.

ALBERTA-KOE: Kevin Koe, Aaron Sluchinski, Tyler Tardi, Karrick Martin (Calgary)

An inconsistent season has this rink seeded lower than usual but Koe has the experience to deliver against anyone in the field.

MANITOBA-CARRUTHERS: Reid Carruthers, B.J. Neufeld, Catlin Schneider, Connor Njegovan (Winnipeg)

Neufeld was recently added at vice after being dropped from Dunstone's rink. Carruthers outscored Braden Calvert 9-7 in the final of the Manitoba playdowns.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Cameron de Jong, Alex Horvath, Corey Chester, Brayden Carpenter (Victoria)

It's the third straight Brier trip for de Jong and his first as skip. Kelowna is 475 kilometres away from his Vancouver Island club but he'll still get a boost from the Prospera Place home crowd.

NEW BRUNSWICK: James Grattan, Joel