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Brendan Bottcher hadn’t even been born when Glenn Howard already captured his first Brier and world championship, but on Sunday night in Summerside, P.E.I., there was a changing of the curling guard. CBC | Sports News

John Morris led his rink through the curling Olympic pre-trials, booking his ticket to the next stop on the road to Pyeongchang. Morris and his Vernon, B.C. teammates defeated Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher 4-3 in Summerside, P.E.I., qualifying for December’s Olympic trials in Ottawa. CBC | Sports News

Versatile Canadian centre Eric O’Dell deserves an evening off. The 27-year-old Ottawa native has been Canada’s best forward in the first two games of Karjala Cup. He has exhibited a strong two-way game that has him in a good position to crack the Canadian men’s Olympic team roster CBC | Sports News

Krista McCarville’s rink from the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ont, is heading to the Olympic curling trials in Ottawa after defeating Briane Meilleur’s Winnipeg team 7-5 on Saturday night in Summerside, P.E.I. CBC | Sports News

Watch coverage of the men’s and ladies free programs from the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan, on Road to the Olympic Games. Reigning world champions Yuzuru Hanyu and Evgenia Medvedeva will both be in action and looking to put their competitors on notice ahead of the PyeongChang Games. CBC | Sports News

Teddy Purcell and his fellow Canadian Olympic team hopefuls exhibited a lack of touch around the crease and poor play on special teams in their 2-0 loss to Sweden at the Karjala Cup in Helsinki on Friday. CBC | Sports News

Ontario skip Sherry Middaugh has played in five out of the six Olympic trials since 1997 but has yet to earn a coveted spot at the Winter Games. She’s hoping the Road to the Roar will be the first step en route to a trip to Pyeongchang, South Korea. CBC | Sports News

Jane Channell has been hooked on the “crazy” sport of skeleton for a decade and a half. But it was the tragic, sudden death of her boyfriend eight years ago that really set her on the path to the Olympics. CBC | Sports News

How deep is the talent pool in Canadian curling? Put it this way: we need a separate tournament just to decide who gets to play in our Olympic trials. That’s what 28 teams will be doing this week in Summerside, P.E.I., as they look to follow in the footsteps of 2014 Olympic champ Brad Jacobs. CBC | Sports News

Watch coverage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in China on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET with action from the men’s free program on Road to the Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News