Einarson parts ways with Sweeting, others, after loss in world championship final

By Canadian Press on March 26, 2026.

Kerri Einarson is shaking up her team days after it lost to Switzerland in the final of the world women’s curling championship in Calgary.

The team based in Gimli, Man., announced Thursday it is parting ways with longtime third Val Sweeting, as well as coach Reid Carruthers and alternate Krysten Karwacki.

Sweeting joined Einarson’s team for the 2018-19 season and helped it win five Canadian titles, including at this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga, Ont.

Carruthers, who retired as a player earlier this year, had coached Einarson’s team since 2022. The team won three of their national titles over that span.

Karwacki joined Einarson in 2021 and filled in as the team’s lead after Briane Harris was handed a doping suspension in January 2024. Harris was later cleared but did not rejoin the team.

Second Shannon Birchard and lead Karlee Burgess remain with the team.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 26, 2026.

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