FREDERICTON, NB - The Golden Hawks men's curling team will begin their national title defence in Fredericton, New Brunswick on Tuesday night at the 2024 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Canadian University Championships. 

A successful week would see Laurier secure the fifth U SPORTS championships in men's program history.

Hosted by the University of New Brunswick, the Laurier rink led by skip Sam Mooibroek, vice-skip Kibo Mulima, second Wyatt Small, lead Ben Pearce, alternate Codie Harris and coach Matt Wilkinson will step onto the ice for its first draw at 8 pm EST against the University of Regina Cougars, skipped by Joshua Bryden. View the team's complete tournament schedule. 

Joining the Golden Hawks and Regina in the men's field are the Alberta Golden Bears, Brock Badgers, Dalhousie Tigers, Guelph Gryphons, Saint Mary's Huskies, and the host UNB Reds

In addition to earning a trip to the 2024 PointsBet Invitational in Calgary, the U SPORTS men's champions will represent Canada at the 2025 FISU World University Winter Games in Turin, Italy. 

Laurier, which just won a fourth consecutive OUA championship, and the rest of the eight-team field will play a single round-robin, with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals, which are set for 8:30 am EST on March 16, followed by the medal games at 1:30 pm EST.

Selected games from the U SPORTS and CCAA Championships will be streamed live on Curling Canada+. 

Live scoring for both events is available here.

Lineups and the full schedule, along with ticket information for the U SPORTS Championships, are available here.