A new season of the Grand Slam of Curling has started with the largest event in the series, the HearingLife Tour Challenge, featuring 64 teams.

The Grand Slam of Curling is an annual series of events that features the top-ranked curling men’s and women’s teams from around the globe. Click here to signup and get live games on your any devices from anywhere.

Also, the total prize money for the Grand Slam of Curling has increased to $2.1 million, equally distributed between the men’s and women’s divisions. Gale Centre will play host to the HearingLife Tour Challenge – the largest event of the 2023-24 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season – from Oct. 17-22, 2023.

Here’s complete streaming guide, schedule, format, results including where and how to watch 2023 Grand Slam of Curling from the United States, Canada and globally without VPN.

2023 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling Tournament Info

Venue: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Dates: Tuesday, October 17 – Sunday, October 22

TV Channel: Sportsnet, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360 (CANADA)

Live Streaming anywhere: Sportsnet+ or Curling TV anywhere

How to Watch The Grand Slam of Curling in Canada

Sportsnet.ca is live-streaming all the Grand Slam Curling action for Curling fans in Canada. One of the best streaming services in Canada, subscription costs range from $19.99 to $34.99 per month and $179.99 to $249.99 per year.

Also, you can subscribe to another reliable streaming service for the Grand Slam of Curling, PremiumTV, by making a one-time payment of $9.99; no VPN is required, and there are no monthly automatic payments or any other hidden charges.

PremiumTV: An Additional Live Streaming Option to Watch GSOC 2023

At the same time, for Curling fans from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Asia, Europe, and more than 150 countries worldwide, we strongly recommend you to stream the Grand Slam Curling event through PremiumTV for a one-time payment of only $9.99. You don’t require any VPN, and this streaming service doesn’t cost any future payment.

How to Watch HearingLife Tour Challenge 2023 Live streams anywhere

Fans worldwide can stream the Grand Slam curling event in HD through Yare TV for USD $29.95 per month on gsoclive.com.

You can also subscribe to Yare TV’s Early Bird All Access Pass for USD $104.95. If you subscribe now, you can get a 15% discount as well.

Through this pass, fans can access all tournament events live and on-demand in high definition through the 2023-24 season. This subscription allows fans to pause, rewind, and fast-forward live matches so you never miss a moment.

What’s New in the 2023 Curling Season?

From this season, there will not be a tiebreaker draw in any Grand Slam of Curling event except for the Princess Auto Players’ Championship’.

If teams are tied for the final playoff spot(s), their draw-to-the-button shootout totals will determine the advancing side. This will apply in both the men’s and women’s divisions in both tiers.

The Grand Slam of Curling: Format

The HearingLife Tour Challenge is divided into two tiers, with 32 men’s teams and 32 women’s teams. Tier 1 features the top-ranked teams from around the globe, with the next-ranked teams in Tier 2.

All divisions are classified into four pools for the round-robin stage. Teams are scheduled to play four games against teams from an opposite pool. Pool A teams will face Pool D teams, and Pool B teams will play against Pool C teams. The top eight teams overall, regardless of pools, advance to the playoffs.

The Grand Slam of Curling: Preview

There will be new champions in Tier 2 after Team Dropkin and Team Grandy, winners of last year’s title, move to the higher rank and compete in Tier 1.

This season, among 32 total tier-1 teams, there are only 12 teams, six in the women’s pool and six in the men’s draw.

South Korea’s Seung-Youn Ha, Italy’s Stefania Constantini, and Scotland’s Rebecca Morrison are among the new international women’s teams in the field.

In the men’s event, Wouter Gosgens of the Netherlands, Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell, and American Korey Dropkin are the newcomers.

Team Bottcher, Matt Dunstone, Gushue, and Kevin Koe hold top-10 spots in the men’s world rankings, while Team Jones, Rachel Homan, Kerri Einarson, and Kate Cameron are in the women’s top 10.

Each season, we see some new-look rosters, and this year is no different. Team Jones has gone from a five-player rotation to a four-player line-up after Mackenzie Zacharias decided to step back from competitive curling for the season.

Also, we are seeing an all-new Team Cameron featuring skip Kate Cameron, third Meghan Walter, second Taylor McDonald, and lead Mackenzie Elias. After nine seasons at third, Cameron returns to her skip roots. She has played with McDonald for five years, most recently with Team Scheidegger.

The Grand Slam of Curling: Participating Teams

As mentioned above, Pool A teams are scheduled to play Pool D teams, and Pool B teams play Pool C teams in the round-robin stage.

Tier 1

Men’s Division

No skip has won more Grand Slam of Curling titles than Brad Gushue, who has won 14. Also, Gushue’s crew from St. John’s has qualified for the playoffs in 26 consecutive Grand Slam of Curling tournaments. Not just that, Team Gushue has made it to the semifinals in 15 of the past 16 events in the series.

Calgary’s Team Bottcher won two Grand Slam of Curling championships last season and has already three titles on tour in the 2023-24 campaign.

The event’s defending men’s champion, Team Edin, won the title last season without its skip. Niklas Edin suffered a knee injury during warmups for the semifinals. Edin, also the winner of the Tour Challenge in 2016, is looking to become the first to three-peat on the men’s side in the event.

Pool A: Carruthers | Edin | Mouat | Yanagisawa
Pool B: Bottcher | Ramsfjell | Schwaller | Sluchinski
Pool C: Dunstone | Dropkin | Gosgens | Gushue
Pool D: Koe | Retornaz | Shuster | Whyte

Women’s Division

Defending champion Team Homan from Ottawa has entered the event undefeated on the season after going 8-0 through the Saville Shootout in Edmonton and 4-0 through the PointsBet Invitational. Also, Homan won the most recent Grand Slam of Curling women’s title at last season’s KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in May.

Four-time reigning world champion Team Tirinzoni has also gone undefeated at Women’s Masters Basel on home ice in Switzerland, plus the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall, Ont. Strong starts are key for Tirinzoni, who won last season’s first Grand Slam of Curling event at the National and captured the inaugural Tour Challenge title in 2015.

* Pool A: Gim | Lawes | Morrison | Tirinzoni
* Pool B: Constantini | Einarson | Grandy | Jones
* Pool C: Cameron | Ha | Hasselborg | Homan
* Pool D: Fujisawa | Peterson | Roervik | Wrana

Tier 2

Men’s Division

Mike McEwen has won seven Tier 1 Grand Slam of Curling titles but is now looking for the Tier 2 men’s title with his new Saskatoon-based club to get back into the top-tier group. Before this event, In his first three tournaments this season, McEwen has reached the semifinals.

This season, Japan’s Team Morozumi has won two titles on tour, including the Stu Sells Tankard in Barrie, Ontario, the previous weekend.

* Pool A: Bryce | Hoesli | Kleiter | Schneider
* Pool B: Epping | Hostmaelingen | Jeong | Sturmay
* Pool C: Brunner | Craik | Mooibroek | Nyman
* Pool D: Casper | McEwan | Morozumi | Wiebe

Women’s Division

Team Black from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is the highest-ranked club in this division. After finishing fourth at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts last season, they made it to the semifinals of the PointsBet Invitational.

Team Strouse made a statement after winning silver at the USA Curling national championships last season. The team has already played three finals this season, with title wins at the Euro Super Series in Stirling, Scotland, and the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg.

2018 event finalist Team Yoshimura kicked off the season by winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic and recently finished second in back-to-back tour events at the Shorty Jenkins Classic and the Stu Sells Tankard.

* Pool A: Anderson | Black | Inglis | Yoshimura
* Pool B: Dupont | Huerlimann | Ladouceur | Martin
* Pool C: Campbell | Gray-Withers | Kim | Kitazawa
* Pool D: Hunkin | Jaeggi | Skrlik | Strouse

The Grand Slam of Curling: Draw Schedule (ET Time)

Tier 1

Wednesday, October 17

8:00 am

Pool A | Hasselborg vs. Constantin
Pool B | Einarson vs. Camero
Pool C | Homan vs Grandy
Pool D | Jones vs Ha

11:30 am

Pool A | Retornaz vs Yanagisawa
Pool B | Mouat vs Shuster
Pool C | Koe vs Carruthers
Pool D | Edin vs Whyte

3:00 pm

Pool A | Fujisawa vs Morrison
Pool B | Tirinzoni vs Roervik
Pool C | Wrana vs Lawes
 Pool D | Gim vs Peterson

6:30 pm

Pool A | Bottcher vs Gosgens
Pool B | Gushue vs Sluchinski
Pool C | Schwaller vs Dropkin
Pool D | Dunstone vs Ramsfjell

Wednesday, October 18

8:00 am

Pool A | Edin vs Shuster
Pool B | Retornaz vs Carruthers
Pool C | Mouat vs Whyte
 Pool D | Koe vs Yanagisawa

11:30 am

Pool A | Homan vs Jones
Pool B | Grandy vs Ha
Pool C | Einarson vs Hasselborg
Pool D | Cameron vs Constantini

3:30 pm

Pool A | Dropkin vs Ramsfjell
Pool B | Schwaller vs Dunstone
Pool C | Gosgens vs Sluchinski
Pool D | Bottcher vs Gushue

7:30 pm

Pool A | Gim vs Roervik
Pool B | Fujisawa vs Lawes
Pool C | Tirinzoni vs Peterson
Pool D | Wrana vs Morrison

Thursday, October 19

8:00 am

Pool A | Gushue vs Schwaller
Pool B | Ramsfjell vs Gosgens
Pool C | Bottcher vs Dunstone
Pool D | Dropkin vs Sluchinski

11:30 am

Pool A | Peterson vs Lawes
Pool B | Gim vs Wrana
Pool C | Roervik vs Morrison
Pool D | Tirinzoni vs Fujisawa

3:30 pm

Pool A | Mouat vs Koe
Pool B | Whyte vs Yanagisawa
Pool C | Retornaz vs Edin
Pool D | Carruthers vs Shuster

7:30 pm

Pool A | Einarson vs Ha
Pool B | Homan vs Constantini
Pool C | Jones vs Cameron
Pool D | Hasselborg vs Grandy

Friday, October 20

8:00 am

Pool A | Tirinzoni vs Wrana
Pool B | Peterson vs Morrison
Pool C | Fujisawa vs Gim
Pool D | Lawes vs Roervik

11:30 am

Pool A | Dunstone vs Sluchinski
Pool B | Bottcher vs Dropkin
Pool C | Gushue vs Ramsfjell
Pool D | Schwaller vs Gosgens

3:30 pm

Pool A | Cameron vs Grandy
Pool B | Jones vs Hasselborg
Pool C | Ha vs Constantini
Pool D | Einarson vs Homan

7:30 pm

Pool A | Whyte vs Carruthers
Pool B | Edin vs Koe
Pool C | Shuster vs Yanagisawa
Pool D | Mouat vs Retornaz

Saturday, October 21

11:30 am – Women’s Quarterfinals – Sportsnet

3:30 pm – Men’s Quarterfinals – Sportsnet
7:30 pm – Women’s and Men’s Semifinals – Sportsnet 360

Sunday, October 22

10:30 am – Women’s Final – Sportsnet
3:00 pm – Men’s Final – Sportsnet East, Ontario, Pacific and Sportsnet 36

Tier 2

Tuesday, October 17

8:30 am

Pool A: Brunner vs Jeong
Pool B: Sturmay vs Nyman
Pool C: Craik vs Hostmaelingen
Pool D: Epping vs Mooibroek

12:00 pm

Pool A: Strouse vs Anderson
Pool B: Black vs Jaeggi
Pool C: Skrlik vs Inglis
Pool D: Yoshimura vs Hunkin

3:30 pm

Pool A: McEwen vs Kleiter
 Pool B: Bryce vs Morozumi
Pool C: Wiebe vs Schneider
Pool D: Hoesli vs Casper

7:00 pm

Pool A: Huerlimann vs Campbell
Pool B: Kitazawa vs Martin
Pool C: Ladouceur vs Gray-Withers
Pool D: Kim vs Dupont

Wednesday, October 18

8:30 am

Pool A: Yoshimura vs Jaeggi
Pool B: Strouse vs Inglis
Pool C: Black vs Hunkin
Pool D: Skrlik vs Anderson

12:00 pm

Pool A: Craik vs Epping
Pool B: Hostmaelingen vs Mooibroek
Pool C: Sturmay vs Brunner
Pool D: Nyman vs Jeong

4:00 pm

Pool A: Gray-Withers vs Dupont
Pool B: Ladouceur vs Kim
Pool C: Martin vs Campbell
Pool D: Huerlimann vs Kitazawa

8:00 pm

Pool A: Hoesli vs Morozumi
 Pool B: McEwen vs Schneider
Pool C: Bryce vs Casper
Pool D: Wiebe vs Kleiter

Thursday, October 19

8:30 am

Pool A: Kitazawa vs Ladouceur
Pool B: Dupont vs Campbell
Pool C: Huerlimann vs Kim
Pool D: Gray-Withers vs Martin

12:00 pm

Pool A: Casper vs Schneider
Pool B: Hoesli vs Wiebe
Pool C: Morozumi vs Kleiter
Pool D: Bryce vs McEwen

4:00 pm

Pool A: Black vs Skrlik
Pool B: Hunkin vs Anderson
Pool C: Strouse vs Yoshimura
Pool D: Inglis vs Jaeggi

8:00 pm

Pool A: Sturmay vs Mooibroek
Pool B: Craik vs Jeong
Pool C: Epping vs Nyman
Pool D: Brunner vs Hostmaelingen

Friday, October 20

8:30 am

Pool A: Bryce vs Wiebe
Pool B: Casper vs Kleiter
Pool C: McEwen vs Hoesli
Pool D: Schneider vs Morozumi

12:00 pm

Pool A: Kim vs Martin
Pool B: Huerlimann vs Gray-Withers
Pool C: Kitazawa vs Dupont
Pool D: Ladouceur vs Campbell

4:00 pm

Pool A: Nyman vs Hostmaelingen
Pool B: Epping vs Brunner
Pool C: Mooibroek vs Jeong
Pool D: Sturmay vs Craik

8:00 pm

Pool A: Hunkin vs Inglis
Pool B: Yoshimura vs Skrlik
Pool C: Jaeggi vs Anderson
Pool D: Black vs Strouse

Saturday, October 21

12:00 pm – Women’s Quarterfinals
4:00 pm – Men’s Quarterfinals
8:00 pm – Men’s & Women’s Semifinals

Sunday, October 22

10:30 am – Women’s Final
3:00 pm – Men’s Final