Brett Gallant Is Having a Relentless 2025 Season So Far

Summary:

• Brett Gallant’s season has been packed with victories, with highlights like grabbing the Brier title, winning the mixed doubles trials, and participating in the Grand Slam of Curling final. 
• The 35-year-old is now ready to lead Canada at the World Men’s Curling Championship while planning to make history at the 2026 Games.

Charlottetown-born Brett Gallant has shown off an impressive 2025 season, and, by the looks of it, he has more to say. 

In between coming out victorious from the Montana’s Brier to making it into the Grand Slam of Curling final and winning the Canadian mixed doubles trials, the seasoned curler hasn’t had much time to breathe.

As a key member of Team Brad Jacobs, Gallant has been excelling in both four-player and mixed doubles formats. 

Just days after celebrating his fifth career Brier title, he was off to Summerside, P.E.I., to compete alongside his wife, Jocelyn Peterman, in the national mixed doubles championship. 

Their run ended in the playoffs, but Gallant had no time to dwell on it, as he was quickly back on the ice for the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship, where he has played a crucial role in Canada’s strong 3-0 start.

Coach Paul Webster. “It Looked Like He Hadn’t Left.”

He was the first guy to the rink on the Monday after mixed nationals when he was home. He was home on Saturday, but he was back practicing on Monday. I can tell you just from watching him in the drills that we do all the time, it looked like he hadn’t left.

Gallant has been delivering at an elite level, boasting a 91.7 percent shooting accuracy in round-robin play at the Temple Gardens Centre. 

He dipped slightly to 89 percent in a 9-3 victory over South Korea’s Hyojun Kim but remains a steady force on the ice.

Gallant noted,

If you’re playing this late into the year, it certainly beats the alternative because all the events you really want to be playing in are at this time. So I’m pretty grateful to be playing in them.”

Canada, Undefeated After Five Draws 

Team Jacobs, featuring Gallant, skip Brad Jacobs, vice Marc Kennedy, and lead Ben Hebert, defeated Japan and Germany on the opening day of the 13-team tournament. 

Alongside Scotland’s Bruce Mouat and China’s Xiaoming Xu, Canada sat undefeated at 3-0 after five draws.

Jacobs said,

There isn’t a shot out there that we’re scared to throw, right up and down through the lineup. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this type of confidence in my teammates and myself. It’s a really satisfying thing.

Busy Calendar 

Canada faces Scotland next, leading into a grueling stretch of four consecutive two-game days. 

Gallant, now 35, knows what it takes to go the distance. He was part of the last Canadian team to win this event, taking gold in 2017 under skip Brad Gushue. 

After leaving that squad in 2022, he joined Jacobs’ Calgary, Alberta-based team, which added the veteran skip this season after parting ways with Brendan Bottcher. Currently ranked third in the world, they are among the favorites to reach the podium.

The busy calendar doesn’t slow down anytime soon. 

After winning the mixed doubles trials in January, Gallant and Peterman are getting ready to compete in the world mixed doubles championship in Fredericton from April 26 to May 3 in hopes of securing Canada’s spot for the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics. 

Then, mere days after the men’s worlds, Gallant will reunite with Team Jacobs in Toronto for the AMJ Players’ Championship.

The 2026 Games will mark the first time Canadian curlers are allowed to compete in both mixed doubles and traditional team play. 

This means Gallant will have the opportunity to make history. Team Jacobs has already secured a spot at the four-player trials in Halifax this November, keeping his Olympic dreams alive.