Former Team Chelsea Carey third Karlee Burgess, left, and lead Lauren Lenentine sweep while playing for Team Manitoba-Jones at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2023.
The departure of third Karlee Burgess on Jan. 2 for a position on Team Kerri Einarson sealed the team's fate. Her exit left the team one player short of the minimum required for pre-qualification at the Scotties. Team Chelsea Carey started the curling season as one of the top rinks in the country with a berth in the national championship seemingly secure.
"It does affect a bunch of us," Howard said. "Obviously Chelsea, Emily, Lauren and , it does affect quite a bit. That's the unfortunate part of making this type of decision. Karlee by no means took this lightly but she knew there would be repercussions as a result of it and that's the hardest part you've got to deal with."
"There seems to be a lot of changes in curling these days that I'm not used to. It did come as a shock to me."The poor results also left the Winnipeg-based team outside the qualification standard for the 2025 Grand Slam of Curling events. The squad also lost its pre-qualified berth in the Canadian Curling Trials.Zacharias played a limited schedule this season due to work and school commitments. That forced the team to either play as a trio or use substitute players.
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