![]() Northern Ontario's John Epping (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) will kick off their 2025-2026 season at the Trentino World Cup in Trentino, Italy. By Connor Simms, John Epping, with Jake Horgan at third, Tanner Horgan and Ian McMillan on the front end, will look to continue to climb the rankings this season. Starting at #34 World-Ranked last season, Epping climbed all the way to #10. Grabbing event titles in 6 of their events last season. By doing this, they grabbed spots in the Grand Slam of Curling events, as well as the 2025 Canadian Olympic Trials this November. They open the round robin on Friday with games against Chaska's Daniel Casper at 8:30 a.m. Central European Time (CET) (2:30 a.m. Eastern Time) and Germany's Marc Muskatewitz at 4:00 p.m. CET (10:00 a.m. ET). They wrap up the round robin on Saturday with games against Italy's Giacomo Colli at 8:30 a.m. CET (2:30 a.m.) and Switzerland's Marco Hoesli at 4:00 p.m. CET (10:00 a.m. ET). Playoffs will continue on Sunday with the top two teams in each pool crossing over to play a semi-final. Select games will be streamed on the CurlingZone YouTube Page. Live Score updates will also be available on the CurlingZone Website. |












