Day 1 of the HearingLife Canadian Open is in the books. What’s in store for Day 2?
Watch all the action live online at rockchannel.com. Broadcast coverage in Canada on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ begins Thursday with Draw 10 at 1 p.m. ET / noon CT.
Here’s your watch guide for Day 2 action Wednesday in the fourth Grand Slam of Curling event of the season.
QUICK LINKS: DRAW SCHEDULE | STANDINGS
MATCH OF THE DAY
It’s the Gu vs. the Shu. Canada’s Brad Gushue takes on John Shuster of the United States during Draw 8.
Gushue leads all-time in their head-to-head matchups with a 13-4 win-loss record, including the 2022 Winter Olympics bronze medal game.
It’s been over a year since they last met, with Shuster winning 10-8 to earn bronze at the Pan Continental Curling Championship.
Fun fact: Gushue’s daughter Marissa and Shuster’s son Luke teamed up to play in the CO-OP Tour Challenge Under-15 tournament in October.
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Draw 5: 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT
• Y. Schwaller 6, Whyte 2: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Ha 8, Kim 5: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Yoshimura 9, Hasselborg 2: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Muskatewitz 7, McEwen 6: Watch Replay | Linescore
Draw 6: 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT
• Mouat vs. Kleiter: Watch Live | Linescore
• X. Schwaller vs. Constantini: Watch Live | Linescore
• Gim vs. Morrison: Watch Live | Linescore
• Jacobs vs. Epping: Watch Live | Linescore
• Casper vs. Waddell: Watch Live | Linescore
• Homan vs. Kitazawa: Watch Live | Linescore
• Tirinzoni vs. Kang: Watch Live | Linescore
• Dunstone vs. Retornaz: Watch Live | Linescore
• Edin vs. Hösli: Watch Live | Linescore
• Einarson vs. Wang: Watch Live | Linescore
• Tabata vs. Fujisawa: Watch Live | Linescore
• Shuster vs. Gushue: Watch Live | Linescore
ABOUT THE HEARINGLIFE CANADIAN OPEN
The HearingLife Canadian Open is the fourth stop of the Grand Slam of Curling season, featuring 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams from around the world.
Both men’s and women’s divisions were slotted into four pools of four teams using a snake order of the rankings. Teams will play four games during the preliminary round: three against their pool opponents, plus one crossover game.
Crossover games were pre-determined based on the world rankings, with Pool A teams facing Pool D teams and Pool B teams facing Pool C teams. Teams ranked No. 1-4 will play their crossover game against teams ranked No. 13-16 in their opposing pool. Teams ranked No. 5-8 will play their crossover game against teams ranked No. 9-12 in their opposing pool.
The preliminary round runs through to Friday evening, with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. If necessary, one tiebreaker round will be played Saturday morning. The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, with both finals on tap Sunday.
Teams can blank only one end per game. If a team blanks again at any other point in the game, they will lose the hammer.
There are no extra ends during the preliminary round. If a game is tied after eight ends, even in the playoffs, a draw-to-the-button shootout will determine the winner. Teams receive three points for a regulation win (in eight ends or fewer), two points for a shootout win, and one point for a shootout loss.
Extra ends will be played during the tiebreakers and playoffs, should a game remain tied after eight ends of play.
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