Brier and Tournament of Hearts have formats changed to expand field to 16 rinks TheChronicleHerald.ca The event will make its debut in the spring of 2017 and will complement the existing Canadian Junior (Under-21) Curling Championships, which will ...Field for 2017/18 Scotties, Brier Expanded from 14 to 16 Teams - Saskatoonhomepage.ca