“We know if we play well, we can probably compete with the other teams,” McDonald said. “If we can get on a roll and perform at our top level for seven days, we can make the playoffs.”

At the upcoming Olympic trials, local skip Jordon McDonald sees an opportunity, not a burden.

Team McDonald begins its first Canadian Olympic curling trials experience at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax on Saturday night.

“We are playing with house money, and we are not putting a whole pile of pressure on ourselves,” McDonald told

The winner of the Olympic trials will represent Canada in the men’s draw at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics in early February.

When the 22-year-old takes to the ice to play Mike McEwen on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT, he will enter the record books as the youngest skip in the hi

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