VIRGINIA, Minn. — Team Brad Jacobs wanted some tough, pressure-packed 10-end games to prepare for what’s to come in this pivotal curling season.

The reigning Montana’s Brier champs from Calgary got them over the past week at the 2025 United States Steel Pan Continental Curling Championships, and they also got a gold medal for their efforts.

Team Canada claimed that gold with a 7-3 win over Team John Shuster of the United States Sunday afternoon at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center.

With the victory, Jacobs, vice-skip Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant, lead Ben Hebert, alternate Tyler Tardi, team coach Paul Webster and national coach Jeff Stoughton finished off an unbeaten week in Minnesota, and gave Canada its third gold medal in the four-year history of the Pan Continentals, which wi

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