Emily Riley (born September 23, 1997) is a

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curler from Pincourt, Quebec. She currently plays

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on Team

Laurie St-Georges Laurie St-Georges (born August 23, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Laval, Quebec. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. St-Georges represented Quebec at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and led her team to a 6–6 re ...

Career

Riley is an accomplished junior curler, having participated in three

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and

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. In 2016, her team skipped by

, finished the tournament with a 6–4 record, finishing in sixth place. In 2018, her team made it all the way to the final before losing to Nova Scotia's

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, earning the silver medal. In her final appearance in 2019, her team lost to British Columbia's Sarah Daniels in a tiebreaker to qualify for the playoff round. Also during the 2018–19 season, Team St-Georges lost in the final of the Curl Mesabi Classic

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event. Riley aged out of juniors the following season and continued playing with Team St-Georges. They competed in their first

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event at the

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Tier 2 where they lost in a tiebreaker to Megan Balsdon. Team St-Georges also competed in their first provincial women's championship at the 2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts. After finishing the round robin in first place, they lost in the final to

Noémie Verreault Noémie Audet-Verreault (born May 25, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Alma, Quebec. She currently skips her own team out of Chicoutimi. Career Verreault represented Quebec at back to back Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 2009 and 2010 ...

3–1. Due to the

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, the 2021

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was cancelled. Since the defending champions, Team Noémie Verreault, had disbanded, Team St-Georges (the 2020 provincial runner-up) was invited to represent Quebec at the

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, which they accepted. The event was played in a bio-secure bubble in

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to prevent the spread of the virus. At the Hearts, Riley and her teammates received a lot of media attention and fans thanks to their positive attitudes and strong play on the ice. They also defeated multiple higher ranked teams in the tournament including the Wild Card team of

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(skipped by

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the and Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba p ...

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's British Columbia rink and

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's team out of Prince Edward Island. Ultimately, they finished the event with a 6–6 record and a seventh place finish. Team St-Georges began the 2021–22 season with a semifinal finish at the 2021 Oakville Fall Classic where they lost to the event winners Team

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. They only made the playoffs at one other tour event at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, losing in the quarterfinals to Team

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. Due to the

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, the qualification process for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials had to be modified to qualify enough teams for the championship. In these modifications,

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created the 2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event, an event where eight teams would compete to try to earn one of two spots into the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. Team St-Georges qualified for the Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event as the second seed. The team won their opening match, but then lost three straight games and were eliminated from the event. The

was again cancelled due to the pandemic and Team St-Georges were once again selected to represent Quebec at the national women's championship. The team could not replicate their successful run from 2021, finishing the

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with a 3–5 record. They won their opening two matches against Alberta's Laura Walker and the Yukon's Hailey Birnie and their last game against Nova Scotia's Christina Black. Aside from women's curling, Riley competed in the 2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, playing lead for

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. The team finished on top of the standings after the championship pool with an 8–2 record before losing in the semifinal to Nova Scotia. They bounced back in the bronze medal game, defeating Ontario for the bronze medal. The team returned to the Canadian Mixed Championship in 2022, winning the event for Quebec. They went on to win the bronze medal at the world mixed curling championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, narrowly defeating Norway 4-3.

Personal life

Riley is currently a mental performance consultant. She studied sports psychology at the

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. She is in a relationship with Matt Morin.

Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Emily 1997 births Canadian women curlers Living people University of Ottawa alumni People from Kirkland, Quebec Curlers from Montreal Canadian mixed curling champions Sportspeople from Montérégie 21st-century Canadian sportswomen