Meet the Rock League GMs

Get to know the six GMs for the inaugural season of Rock League.

1. ‍Eve Muirhead (Alpine Curling Club) 
   ‍Scottish curling legend Eve Muirhead is most known for her incredible Olympic career, appearing at four consecutive Winter Games representing Great Britain. She won the Olympic gold in Beijing in 2022, and previously earned the bronze during the Sochi 2014 Olympics, becoming the youngest-ever skip to be awarded an Olympic medal. Beyond the Games, Muirhead remains one of the most decorated skips in European and Scottish history.
   
   After retiring in 2022, Muirhead moved into leadership roles beyond the ice, including her position serving as Chef de Mission for Team Great Britain at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. She led Team GB to win the gold medals in both events and will act in the same role for the 2026 Winter Olympics. 
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2. Christopher Plys (Frontier Curling Club) 
   ‍American curler Christopher Plys is a cornerstone for Team USA as he is a four-time U.S. men’s national champion. Competing on the Olympic stage twice, as an alternate in 2010, but as both a men’s and mixed doubles teammate in the 2022 games. 
   
   Standing out from a young age, Plys holds the record for the most U.S. junior national titles by a male skip, winning five championships across seven consecutive appearances. After his junior career, he continued his legacy by becoming a national champion representing the United States. 
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3. Glenn Howard (Maple United) 
   ‍Canadian Glenn Howard is widely regarded as one of the most decorated curlers of all time. Over four decades, he played 227 Brier games, the third-most in history. He also captured 14 Grand Slam titles, four Briers, and four world championship gold medals. 
   
   Throughout Howard’s curling career, he has won 17 Ontario provincial championships, spent many years as a top-ranked skip, and eventually shifted to coaching, working with top women’s teams in 2016 with Team Eve Muirhead and in 2022 with Jennifer Jones' women’s curling team.
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4. Christoffer Svae (Northern United) 
   ‍Norwegian curler Christoffer Svae has represented Norway at the most prestigious curling events since 2002. His greatest career accomplishment, besides stacking up awards for his resume, would be his 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics silver medal, as well as his collection of European and world championship titles.  
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   Across his career with Team Norway, Svae has helped Norway finish top-three throughout many world championships, including gold in Beijing in 2014.
   During the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Svae became a fan favourite with his team choosing to perform in attention-grabbing Norwegian flag-inspired pants. He went on to represent Norway at the Olympics in two consecutive Winter Games.
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5. Carter Rycroft (Shield Curling Club) Carter Rycroft is an Alberta-born curler celebrated for helping Canada capture an Olympic silver at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. Over a long and elite curling career, he has won three Brier championships and one World Men’s Curling Championship title.
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   Rycroft began as a skip representing Alberta at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships before taking on a new role, advancing his career drastically. He soon joined forces with Kevin Martin, forming one of Canada’s most dominant rinks. This power team won provincial titles, Canada Cups and the 2002 Winter Olympics silver medal.
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   After his mighty run with Team Martin, Rycroft joined Kevin Koe, continuing to achieve championship wins, including the Briers in 2010 and 2014, as well as a world championship gold in 2010. He won his third Brier with skip Pat Simmons and took home bronze at the World Men's Curling Championship in 2015.
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6. J.D. Lind (Typhoon Curling Club)
   Canadian curler and coach J.D. Lind is a respected figure in the sport and an inductee of the Southern Alberta Curling Hall of Fame. He enjoyed a successful career representing Canada, and he is internationally known for coaching Japanese women’s curling teams to Olympic silver and bronze medals.
   
   His career began in the juniors as a skip in 2004, and later on, he received a silver medal with Team Virtue at the Boston Pizza Cup, playing as a third.
   
   In 2013, his coaching career took off when he began working as the national coach for the Japan Curling Association. He was met with success during the 2018 Winter Olympics, as he coached the Japanese Women’s team, skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa, to the bronze medal. He also guided them to silver in 2022. Since leaving the JCA, Lind continues to coach Team Fujisawa.