Rock League

Rock League
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2026 Rock League season
ClassificationProfessional curling league
SportCurling
FoundedApril 24, 2025
First season2026
OwnerThe Curling Group
Motto"Curling Unleashed"
No. of teams6
Most recent
champion
🦌 Shield Curling Club (Jacobs)
Related
competitions		Grand Slam of Curling
Websitewww.rockleague.com

Rock League is a professional curling league operated by The Curling Group, who also own the Grand Slam of Curling. Rock League launched April 6, 2026, consisting of 6 franchised teams consisting of men, women and mixed teams.

History

In April 2024, the Grand Slam of Curling, a series of curling bonspiels that was mainly held in Canada, was announced to be bought by a consortium known as The Curling Group. The group included curlers Jennifer Jones and John Morris, alongside former American football players-turned curlers Jared Allen and Marc Bulger.

On April 24, 2025, The Curling Group announced a professional curling league known as Rock League, which would begin play in April 2026 and hold events in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The league would initially consist of 6 globally franchised teams, with each team having five men and five women. The inaugural season would consist of six weeks of bonspiels in multiple formats. Bruce Mouat, one of the six team captains announced that same day, likened the potential impact that Rock League would have on the momentum of the sport, which usually only sees a surge of interest during the Winter Olympics, to how Grand Slam Track was meant to increase momentum in track and field after the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Curling legends John Morris and Jennifer Jones were also announced as competition advisors.

Teams

The six teams announced with the founding of Rock League on April 24, 2025, are franchises that initially are owned by The Curling Group itself. Each team consists of ten curlers, five of whom are male and five that are female. For the inaugural season in 2026, each of the six teams will be regionally focused. Two teams each will represent Canada and Europe, with the United States and the wider Asia-Pacific region each having a team. Each team also announced a team captain on that same day.

TeamTeam captain
Canada Team Canada 1Canada Rachel Homan
Canada Team Canada 2Canada Brad Jacobs
European Union Team Europe 1Scotland Bruce Mouat
European Union Team Europe 2Switzerland Alina Pätz
Team Asia-PacificJapan Chinami Yoshida
United States Team USAUnited States Korey Dropkin

Full rosters were announced on December 16, 2025: Roster alterations were announced on March 20.

European Union Alpine Curling Club (Europe)
GM: Scotland Eve Muirhead
Women's playersMen's players
Switzerland Alina Pätz (C)Italy Joël Retornaz
Switzerland Selina GafnerSweden Oskar Eriksson
Canada Emma MiskewSwitzerland Sven Michel
Sweden Sofia ScharbackScotland Hammy McMillan Jr.
Sweden Almida de ValGermany Marc Muskatewitz
United States Frontier Curling Club (USA)
GM: United States Chris Plys
Women's playersMen's players
Italy Stefania ConstantiniUnited States Korey Dropkin (C)
United States Tabitha PetersonScotland Grant Hardie
United States Taylor Anderson-HeideCanada E. J. Harnden
Canada Sarah WilkesUnited States Danny Casper
United States Cory ThiesseUnited States John Shuster
United States Colin Hufman
Canada Maple United (Canada)
GM: Canada Glenn Howard
Women's playersMen's players
Canada Rachel Homan (C)Canada Matt Dunstone
Switzerland Xenia SchwallerScotland Ross Whyte
Sweden Maria LarssonCanada Colton Flasch
Canada Karlee BurgessCanada Tanner Horgan
Canada Jocelyn PetermanCanada Brett Gallant
Canada Mike McEwen
European Union Northern United (Europe)
GM: Norway Christoffer Svae
Women's playersMen's players
Sweden Isabella WranåScotland Bruce Mouat (C)
Sweden Sara McManusScotland Robin Brydone
Scotland Jennifer DoddsSweden Rasmus Wranå
Italy Giulia Zardini LacedelliNorway Martin Sesaker
Norway Kristin SkaslienSwitzerland Yannick Schwaller
Canada Shield Curling Club (Canada)
GM: Canada Carter Rycroft
Women's playersMen's players
Canada Kerri EinarsonCanada Brad Jacobs (C)
Canada Tracy FleuryCanada Jacob Horgan
Sweden Agnes KnochenhauerCanada Tyler Tardi
Switzerland Carole HowaldCanada Dan Marsh
Canada Marlee PowersCanada Colton Lott
Italy Amos Mosaner
Switzerland Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Typhoon Curling Club (Asia-Pacific)
GM: Canada J. D. Lind
Women's playersMen's players
Japan Chinami Yoshida (C)Sweden Niklas Edin
Sweden Anna HasselborgJapan Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
South Korea Kim Min-jiScotland Bobby Lammie
South Korea Seol Ye-eunChina Ba Dexin
Japan Tori KoanaNew Zealand Anton Hood

On March 20, 2026, the Rock League announced that Sweden's Linda Stenlund and Italy's Mattia Giovanella would be "super spares" who could play for any team due to an injury or any other vacancy.

Schedule

On December 18, 2025, the Rock League announced its schedule and format for the 2026 and 2027 seasons:

The 2026 season was held April 6–12 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, featuring men's, women's, mixed team and mixed doubles events. Following a round robin schedule, the four best teams qualified for a playoff.

The 2027 season will be spread out over five weeks in January, February and April of that year, with a playoff to be held April 15–18 at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The regular season will be held at January 7–10 at Temple Gardens Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; January 28–31 at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York; February 4–7 at TD Place in Ottawa; and April 8–11 at Servus Arena in Red Deer, Alberta.

Champions

SeasonWinnerCaptainGeneral ManagerRunner-upCaptainGeneral ManagerMost Valuable PlayerUltimate Competitor
2026Shield Curling ClubBrad JacobsCarter RycroftTyphoon Curling ClubChinami YoshidaJ. D. LindBenoît Schwarz-van Berkel (Shield CC)Alina Pätz (Alpine CC)

References

  1. ↑ Novy-Williams, Eben (April 9, 2024). "Grand Slam of Curling Sold in Bid to Make Over Olympic Sport". Sportico.com. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ "The Curling Group plans to launch professional curling league next spring". TSN. The Canadian Press. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ Weese, Lukas (April 24, 2025). "With new Rock League, curling is latest Olympic sport to get a professional boost". The Athletic. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ Brazeau, Jonathan (December 16, 2025). "Rosters unveiled for all six Rock League franchises". Rock League.
  5. 1 2 Brazeau, Jonathan (March 20, 2026). "Rock League names four replacement curlers for inaugural season". Rock League.
  6. ↑ "Rock League announces dates and locations for 2026 and 2027 seasons".
  7. ↑ "Rock League locks in dates, locations for Season 2 in 2027".