TORONTO (March 3, 2017) – Canada’s top men’s curlers collide in St. John’s, N.L., as TSN presents exclusive live coverage of the
2017 TIM HORTONS BRIER, one of
60+ championship events that live on TSN. The action begins with
Draw #1 tomorrow,
Saturday,
March 4 at
1:30 p.m. ET and continues throughout the week before culminating with the
Final on
Sunday,
March 12 at
6:30 p.m. ET. TSN’s complete
BRIER schedule is available at
TSN.ca/Curling.
TSN’s
Vic Rauter delivers the call from the Mile One Centre in St. John’s, N.L. alongside analysts Russ Howard, a two-time
BRIER champion and Olympic gold medallist, Olympic silver medallist
Cheryl Bernard, and three-time SCOTTIES champion Cathy Gauthier. TSN’s
Bryan Mudryk delivers the call for morning draws with Gauthier providing analysis.
TSN’s live
TIM HORTONS BRIER coverage is available live and on-demand to TSN subscribers via
TSN.ca/Live and the
TSN GO app. French-language coverage is available on
RDS.
Defending champion Kevin Koe returns as Team Canada in search of his fourth career
BRIER title. Koe headlines a decorated field featuring three-time
BRIER champion, Olympic gold medallist, and World Champion John Morris of British Columbia; four-time
BRIER and World Champion Glenn Howard of Ontario; Olympic gold medallist and hometown star Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador; Olympic gold medallist and
BRIER champion Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario; and
BRIER champion Jean-Michel Ménard of Québec.
The field at the
2017 TIM HORTONS BRIER features:
The following four rinks will compete in a pre-qualifying tournament for the remaining spot in the
2017 TIM HORTONS BRIER:
Following the
TIM HORTONS BRIER, TSN heads to Beijing, China to deliver exclusive live coverage of the 2017 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, running March 18-26 at the Capital Indoor Stadium.
Curling on TSN
As the official broadcaster of Curling Canada, TSN broadcasts more than 300 hours of live Season of Champions curling each year, including the
TIM HORTONS BRIER and SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS, along with the FORD WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP, 2017 WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP, CANADIAN JUNIORS, and LE GRUYERE EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.