PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES SET FOR “CURLING NIGHT IN AMERICA”
“Curling Night in America” is scheduled to film on August 24-27, 2021. For the first time, the TV event will be held in California at the Great Park Ice & Five Point Arena in Irvine.
The seventh season of “Curling Night in America” will welcome the countries of Canada, Germany, Denmark, and the United States with the following athletes representing each country:
United States
Men: John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, and Colin Hufman
Women: Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Tara Peterson, Rebecca Hamilton, and Aileen Geving
Mixed Doubles: Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys
Canada
Men: Tyler Tardi, Alex Horvath, Sterling Middleton, and Jason Ginter
Women: Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Selena Njegovan, and Lisa Weagle
Mixed Doubles: Bobbie Sauder and Brendan Bottcher
Germany
Men: Felix Messenzehl, Benjamin Kapp, Magnus Sutor, and Johannes Scheuerl
Women: Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Mia Hoehne, and Analena Jentsch
Mixed Doubles: Lena Kapp and Klaudius Harsch
Denmark
Men: Oliver Søe, Daniel Poulsen, Kasper Wiksten, and Tobias Jacobsen
Women: Madeleine Dupont, Denise Dupont, Mathilde Halse, and My Larsen
Mixed Doubles: Jasmin Lander and Henrik Holtermann
The nine-week series will return to NBCSN for its seventh season this fall, with the series premiere on September 19th, 2021.
Throughout the course of the series, four countries will be represented as teams battle in men’s, women’s and mixed doubles curling in a round-robin tournament. Utilizing a points system, a winner of each division is crowned, as well as one country as the overall champion.
ABOUT GREAT PARK ICE AND FIVEPOINT ARENA
An affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena is one of the nation’s largest public ice facilities, located at the Orange County Great Park. The facility is a part of a public-private partnership with the Irvine Ice Foundation. The $100 million, 280,000-square-foot facility has four sheets of ice and serves sports-related activities that include youth and adult hockey programs, regional and national tournaments, figure skating, and public skating hours. FivePoint Arena has space to seat 2,500 spectators. The complex includes administrative offices, dressing rooms, training facilities, retail space, and concession space. Great Park Ice is an official practice facility of the Anaheim Ducks.
USA Curling is sponsored by Toyota, Goldline, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Training HAUS, Brakebush, ISS (Ice, Sports & Solar), and Sitrin, and is partnered with IHG, Rock Solid Productions Inc., 12th End Sports Network, Laurie Artiss Ltd. – The Pin People, and United Airlines.
