Team Plett hits win column at 2025 PointsBet Invitational

They’re four-time Canadian champions, which just on its own makes Team Myla Plett one of the most accomplished teams playing in the 2025 PointsBet Invitational this week at the WinSport Event Centre in Calgary.

 

Add in the fact that the Edmonton and Sherwood Park, Alta., team is by far the youngest women’s team competing this year, and oh yeah, it just happens to be one of just 15 women’s teams in the country that still has a chance to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. And, just for good measure, Team Plett already is guaranteed of putting a Maple Leaf on its back this season when it represents Canada at the 2026 World Junior Championships in late February in Denmark.

 

So, yeah — this is a team on the rise, and Plett, vice-skip Alyssa Nedohin, second Chloe Fediuk, lead Allie Iskiw and alternate Abby Whitbread provided further evidence on Thursday afternoon, dispatching Team Christina Black (0-2) of Halifax 8-5 to even their record to 1-1 in round-robin play, and earn $2,500 that goes to winners of round-robin games.

 

“It was a lot of fun,” said Plett, who skipped this team to wins at the 2022 and 2023 Canadian Under-18 championships, as well as the 2023 and 2025 New Holland Canadian Under-20 Championships. “Playing any team at this level is a super great experience. My team and I, we always have a great time on the ice.”

 

 

There’ll be plenty more opportunities to have fun as Team Plett plays two more round-robin games here, with a goal of finishing atop its pool and earning a bye to Sunday’s 11 a.m. (all times MT) women’s final.

 

But beyond that, it’s a perfect event for the team to ramp up its arena-ice experience in time for the 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Curling Pre-Trials, Oct. 20-26 in Wolfville, N.S. — the event that will decide the final qualifying women’s and men’s teams that will go to Halifax for the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials, presented by Connect Hearing, in late November in Halifax. That event, in turn, will determine the women’s and men’s teams that will be nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee to represent Canada at the 2026 Olympics in Italy.

 

“All of this is really to get us prepared for World Juniors and the Pre-Trials, which are super important events,” said Plett. “This is a great event to be able to get our feet under us; honestly an incredible opportunity for us.”

 

Lots to look forward to, for sure — but there’s also the matter of a particularly notable Friday night assignment in Calgary against two-time reigning Canadian and World champions Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa (1-0), and not just notable because both teams won national titles last season.

 

The two competing coaches on Friday night just happen to be David Nedohin for Team Plett and Heather Nedohin for Team Homan, and their daughter, of course, is Alyssa Nedohin of Team Plett.

 

“It’s been really funny at home,” said Alyssa Nedohin with a smile. “But you know what? I just think that this is an amazing opportunity for me, to have both my parents front row watching me.”

 

There may or may not be something beyond bragging rights on the line between the Nedohin parents — Alyssa could neither confirm nor deny that possibility.

 

“I mean, we have this ongoing thing going,” said Alyssa. “I took my mom’s spot for mixed doubles with my dad. So then we beat her in an event. Then she beat us in a final in another event. So we’re kind of tied right now. This game is going to put somebody ahead. So I don’t know what’s on the line, but we’ll figure that out, I guess.”

 

 

In other women’s action Thursday afternoon, Team Kerri Einarson (Gimli, Man.) improved to 1-1 with an 8-3 win over Team Kate Cameron (1-1; Winnipeg); and Team Selena Sturmay (1-1; Edmonton) shaded Team Kayla Skrlik (0-2; Calgary) 8-3.

 

In men’s play, Team John Epping (1-0; Toronto) won a draw-to-the-button tiebreaker to finish off a 10-9 win over Team Brad Gushue (1-1; St. John’s, N.L.); and Team Jordon McDonald (1-1; Winnipeg) was an 8-3 victor over Team Rylan Kleiter (0-2; Saskatoon).

 

Round-robin victories in regulation are worth three points in the standings; draw-to-the-button tiebreaker wins are worth two points, while one point goes to teams that lose in the tiebreaker shot and no points to losing teams in regulation.

 

The 2025 PointsBet Invitational continues with the late draw Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

 

Live scoring, standings and statistics for the 2025 PointsBet Invitational are available by CLICKING HERE.

 

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For ticket information for the 2025 PointsBet Invitational, go to www.curling.ca/2025pointsbetinvitational/tickets/.

 

This story will be available in French as soon as possible at www.curling.ca/fr/2025pointsbetinvitational/nouvelles/