CTV News Ottawa looks at what you need to know about the World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa.
The best men's curlers are arriving in Ottawa this week for the start of the World Men's Curling Championship.
Canada's Brad Gushue will be joined by rinks from 12 countries for the nine-day curling tournament at the Arena at TD Place. The field includes four-time defending world champions Niklas Edin and Sweden. "It's a stellar field this season, so it's going to be very tough competition for Canada," Neil Houston, event manager for the World Men's Curling Championship, told Newstalk 580 CFRA's Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal."There are some tickets available, but the sooner they purchase the better off they'll be to make sure that they have a seat," Houston said.
Gushue is joined by vice-skip Mark Nichols, second E.J. Harnden, lead Geoff Walker and alternate Ryan Harnden.Here is a look at the 13 teams competing at the World Curling Championship
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