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Here are some notable team changes for the 2019-20 season.

Team Balsdon (Ontario)

Megan Balsdon moves up from third to skip for the Ontario Scotties provincial finalists as Julie Tippin has stepped back. Lynn Kreviazuk, who won the 2016 Masters with skip Alli Flaxey, played with Jacqueline Harrison last season.

Team Cannon (Manitoba)

Skip	Third	Second	Lead
Theresa Cannon	Karen Klein	Vanessa Foster	Raunora Westcott

Skip Darcy Robertson has moved on (see below) but her former teammates opted to stick together with Theresa Cannon sliding up from lead. Raunora Westcott played with Team Flaxey last season.

Team Epping (Ontario)

Skip	Third	Second	Lead
John Epping	Ryan Fry	Mat Camm	Brent Laing

Ryan Fry, formerly with Team Jacobs, joins longtime pal John Epping at third. That requires a lineup shuffle: Mat Camm moved over to second and Brent Laing to lead with Craig Savill dropped from the club.

Team Gunnlaugson (Manitoba)

With Denni Neufeld taking a step back from the competitive scene, provincial nomad Adam Casey hops on board at second. The P.E.I. native Casey, who has represented three different provinces at the Brier, skipped his own squad out of Ontario last season.

Team Horgan (Manitoba)

Northern Ontario’s Tracy Fleury started skipping a Manitoba-based team last year and now her younger brother Tanner Horgan follows suit. Colton Lott and Kyle Doering won the Canadian junior championship and world junior bronze medal with skip Matt Dunstone in 2016.

Team Jacobs (Northern Ontario)

Skip	Third	Second	Lead
Brad Jacobs	Marc Kennedy	E.J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden

Former Team Koe third Marc Kennedy, who took a break last season, returns to the ice to replace Ryan Fry. The 12-time GSOC title winner Kennedy filled in for Fry at the 2018 Canada Cup and helped Team Jacobs win that event.

Team K. Jones (Ontario)

Alli Flaxey rejoins Clancy Grandy and Morgan Lavell but will shuffle the lineup to bring in former world junior champion Kaitlyn Jones, who is graduating to the women’s tour and returning to Ontario.

Team Muirhead (Scotland)

Skip	Third	Second	Lead
Eve Muirhead	Lauren Gray	Jennifer Dodds	Vicky Wright

Alternate Vicky Wright replaces Vicki Chalmers, who has hung up the curling broom. That means we still get to hear Eve Muirhead yell, “Harder Vicky!”

Team Robertson (Manitoba)

Team Burtnyk is now Team Robertson with skip Darcy Robertson, who is a three-time Manitoba Scotties champion, taking the reins.

Team Sinclair (USA)

USA Curling announced a new look for Team Sinclair next season with former skip Cory Christensen joining at third while Vicky Persinger rejoins the squad at second. Persinger won the Players’ Championship with Sinclair in 2018 and subbed during the season-ending Humpty’s Champions Cup following Monica Walker’s retirement.

Team Tardi (B.C.)

Back-to-back world junior champ Tyler Tardi is starting a new chapter with nothing left to prove in the junior ranks. Second Matthew Hall moved back to Ontario and Tyler’s older brother Jordan has rejoined the squad for men’s play.

Team Ulsrud (Norway)

Thomas Ulsrud’s former team called it a day but the 47-year-old skip linked up with Steffen Walstad’s squad.

Team Walker (Alberta)

Laura Walker skips a new squad adding Kate Cameron and Taylor McDonald (formerly with Team Flaxey) and former skip Nadine Scotland. Walker and McDonald previously played together on Teams Carey and Rocque.