World Mens Curling Championship 2021 Team Canada

On March 14, skip Brendan Bottcher and Team Alberta captured the 2021 Tim Horton's Brier. On April 2, they become Team Canada and represent the country at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.

"It's definitely a pretty proud feeling," Bottcher said on a Zoom call with reporters leading up to worlds. "When you reach the stage where you're putting the maple leaf on your back, that's a pretty big accomplishment and something that you all have to be just so proud of."

"I view it as a responsibility," added vice-skip Darren Moulding. "We have so many great players and such a great history in Canadian curling and to be a part of that long line of great people and great curlers who've been able to do this, it is a responsibility to represent our country in a good way and play with excellence like we like we usually and expect to do."

The team from Edmonton's Saville Community Sport Centre snagged the spot after defeating Kevin Koe's crew 4-2 in the final. The win snapped a string of gold-medal losses; they entered the final on three straight silver medals. 

Now they're set to reclaim Canada's spot atop the podium. Based in the bubble since the beginning of March, they aim to win Canada's first gold since 2017. While there won't be any fans in attendance, Bottcher knows he has Canadians backing him and his team — thanks to socks. 

"I'm definitely up to counting them by the dozen," Bottcher noted. He has became known for sporting colorful socks during the Brier after Victoria's Barbara Wilson sent him a few when she noticed he wasn't wearing long-enough socks on the cold sheet.

"I've been able to share with my guys as well at this point and I'm hoping that that will get a variety of new socks here out at the world," Bottcher said.

"I think we even had some come from down in the States, which I think is pretty cool," he added. "That was such an organic story that came up it was, it was too good to try to not capitalize on and it's just awesome that there was someone that reached out and sent those my way and started this snowball going."

Canada will face some stiff competition, including the USA's John Shuster, Sweden's Niklas Edin and a faceoff against Scotland's Bruce Mouat to start the tournament.

Here's everything to know about the tournament, including how to watch live games in Canada, and a complete schedule with updated scores and standings.

Teams will compete in 13 round-robin games with the top two teams advancing directly to the semifinals. The next four teams will face off (3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5) for a spot in the semis. The teams that win the semifinals will go for gold and the losers will meet for bronze.

Aside for aiming for gold, Canada will be looking to finish in the top six to guarantee the country a spot at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

All of Canada's games will be played at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport's Canada Olympic Park. The World Men's Curling Championship will be broadcast on TSN and RDS2 in Canada and World Curling TV, with live streaming available via TSN.ca and the TSN app.

The guys from Alberta are set to represent Canada on the world stage. While the majority of the team is the same from the Brier, there is one change. Two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist Marc Kennedy has been added as an alternate.

The move comes after Moulding suffered back spasms during the Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship last week and had to pull himself and partner Joanne Courtney out of the tournament. Brier alternate Patrick Janssen is serving in a support role for worlds with the addition of Kennedy.

"Yeah, my back feels great," Moulding said Monday. "I've had some really good treatment and it feels good and ready to go. I've been throwing a little bit and looking forward to getting back out on the ice [Tuesday] for practice."

While Kennedy brings a wealth of experience, Bottcher, Moulding, Brad Thiessen and Karrick Martin will be making their Men's World Championship debut. Coach Don Bartlett has also competed in two worlds as Canada's lead in 1991 (silver medal) and 1997. Bottcher does have experience on the world stage as he won gold at the 2011 World Junior Men's Curling Championship as Team Canada's skip.

The tournament begins April 2 with an expanded field as 14 teams will hit the sheets in a bubble in Calgary, Alta. All will have their sights set on gold. 

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