Daybreak McEwen will be part of Kerri Einarson’s crew this week for the HearingLife Tour Problem as second Shannon Birchard recovers from a knee damage.
McEwen was the longtime lead for skip Jennifer Jones and captured Olympic gold, two world titles, 5 Canadian championships plus eight titles within the Grand Slam of Curling sequence throughout her profession.
She represented Canada for a second time on the Olympics in 2022 with Crew Jones and stepped again from aggressive curling after the season.
McEwen subbed on Crew Einarson through the 2023 Champions Cup as lead Briane Harris was on maternity go away. Crew Einarson completed runner-up at that occasion.
Einarson stated she’s excited McEwen has come out of retirement once more to play with them.
“We all know how she is,” Einarson stated after Monday’s observe. “She’s tremendous easy-going and really chill on the ice, very supportive. It’ll be an incredible addition to our crew.”
Alternate Krysten Karwacki is in at lead for Harris, who’s interesting her provisional suspension for testing optimistic for a banned substance with a choice anticipated to be introduced quickly.
Birchard has but to play this season. Einarson, Karwacki and third Val Sweeting competed as a trio through the Saville Shootout three weeks in the past in Edmonton. Laura Walker crammed on this previous weekend on the PointsBet Invitational in Calgary.
The HearingLife Tour Problem begins Tuesday at Charlottetown’s Bell Aliant Centre. Einarson’s first recreation is throughout Draw 3 towards Italy’s Crew Stefania Constantini.
