Krysta Burns (born June 9, 1996) is a

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curler from

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. She currently skips her own team.

Career

Burns made three appearances at the

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during her junior career in

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and

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. In 2014, she skipped her Northern Ontario team to a 4–5 round robin record and in 2015, her team finished 3–6. Burns had her best finish in 2017 as her team qualified for the playoffs with a 7–3 record. Facing Alberta in the semifinal, Team Northern Ontario gave up key steals in the fifth and sixth ends, ultimately losing the game 7–3 and taking home the bronze medal. Also during the 2016–17 season, Burns skipped

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to a gold medal at the 2017

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. Heading into the 2019–20 season, Burns and her teammates

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and

Sara Guy Sara Guy (born November 14, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently second on Team Krysta Burns. Career Guy made four appearances at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships during her junior career in 2014, 2015, 2017 ...

added

Amanda Gates Amanda Gates (born March 26, 1986, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler who currently coaches the Abby Deschene rinks on the World Curling Tour. Gates used to play with Team Tracy Fleury (née Horgan) and in 2015, Team Horgan became the fir ...

, who previously played for

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling ...

, to the team as their lead to compete in the

2020 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2020 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Northern Ontario women's curling championship, was held from January 29 – February 2 at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena in New Liskeard, Temiskaming Shores. The winning Krista McCa ...

. The team did play in one tour event together prior to provincials, the

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where they finished 1–3. Team Burns finished 5–1 through the round robin of provincials defeating Abby Deschene, 9–4, Laura Johnston, 10–6, and Amanda Gebhardt, 9–6, before losing 9–4 to

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curling, curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the Curling at the 2003 Winter Universiade, 2003 Winter Univ ...

, following up their last two round robin games with wins over Camille Daly, 8–3, and Bella Croisier, 8–1. They defeated Laura Johnston again in the semifinal 7–5 and met undefeated McCarville in the final. It was a tight final with singles being traded back and forth most of the game before McCarville scored two points in the ninth end to lead 6–4. Team Burns attempted a difficult shot for two on their final shot, but were unsuccessful, the final score being 6–5. Due to the

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, the 2021

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was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team McCarville was given the invitation to represent Northern Ontario at the

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, but they declined due to work and family commitments. Team Burns was then given the invitation as they were the runners-up at the 2020 provincial championship, which they accepted. At the Hearts, Burns led her team to a 2–6 round robin record, defeating Northwest Territories'

Kerry Galusha Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling ...

and Yukon's

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Personal life

Burns is currently a genetics technology student at

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. She graduated from

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Krysta 1996 births Canadian women curlers Living people Curlers from Northern Ontario Laurentian University alumni Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury