Jocelyn Peterman to join Team Einarson as lead

Jocelyn Peterman will be joining forces with 2026 women’s world championship runner-up Kerri Einarson, they announced on Monday.

Peterman will throw lead stones, Karlee Burgess will play second and Shannon Birchard will throw third stones. Peterman will also be the vice so that Burgess and Birchard, two of the best sweepers on the women’s side, can sweep Einarson’s skip stones.

The move to bring Peterman onto the team comes just four days after both Einarson’s and Peterman’s squads announced breakups. Einarson let go of longtime third Val Sweeting, alternate Krysten Karwacki and coach Reid Carruthers. 

Peterman was on Kaitlyn Lawes’ team, but was left to find a new squad after Lawes and lead Kristin Gordon decided to take a year off from competitive curling. 

Peterman, 32, has a lot of experience playing with some of the biggest names in Canada already.

She won the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts playing second for Chelsea Carey before switching to Jennifer Jones’ team in 2018 to replace Jill Officer, who was set to retire. 

Playing with Jones, Peterman’s biggest accomplishment was winning the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, sending her to the Olympics for the first time in 2022. Peterman also represented Canada at the Olympics in 2026, playing mixed doubles with her husband Brett Gallant.