Regina’s Jason Ackerman and Team Saskatchewan are bringing home bronze from the 2025 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, and they did it with authority.
After a tough semifinal setback against Ontario’s Sam Mooibroek on Saturday, Ackerman’s crew bounced back in a big way, powering past Manitoba’s Sean Grassie 8–3 in the bronze medal game.
Saskatchewan’s playoff run came to a halt in the semifinal after a costly pair of middle ends against the red-hot Ontario rink. Mooibroek, who posted a sparkling 9–1 record through championship pool play, scored three in the third end and stole two more in the fourth, building an 8–3 lead that Ackerman’s side couldn’t overcome.
But there was no hangover from that loss when bronze was on the line.
Ackerman came out firing, scoring three in the opening end before turning up the pressure with steals in the second, third and fourth ends. Grassie cut the deficit with a three-spot in the fifth, but Ackerman’s Saskatchewan rink slammed the door with singles in the sixth and seventh to close out an 8–3 victory.
The win capped a strong week for the Regina skip, who finished championship play with a 7–3 record before the playoff round.
Meanwhile, in the gold medal game, curling history was made.
For the first time in 18 years, a team from New Brunswick captured the Canadian Mixed title as Fredericton’s Team René Comeau edged Ontario 6–5 in a dramatic finish.
Comeau sealed the national crown with a precision draw on his final stone, a tap to the button that just nudged the Ontario rock far enough for the win.
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“What’s going through my mind is that I have two of the best sweepers in the world. It was a tough shot; I could just see a piece of the pin. I had to throw a draw to the button and just tap them a hair. What a team shot. What a way to end it.”
The victory marks New Brunswick’s third Canadian Mixed Championship title and its first since 2007.
Team Comeau will now represent Canada at the 2026 World Mixed Curling Championship.
As for Ackerman, a bronze medal in a national field this deep is nothing short of a statement — Saskatchewan curling continues to be right there among the country’s elite.
