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The two additional teams were added based on their performance on the 2016-17 Canadian Team Ranking System.
On the men’s side, that means Mark Bice of Sarnia, Ont., and Jamie Murphy of Halifax have earned invitations to participate in Summerside.
On the women’s side, a potential tiebreaker between Karla Thompson of Kamloops, B.C., and Briane Meilleur of Winnipeg for the 12th and final spot will no longer be necessary. Additionally, Winnipeg’s Shannon Birchard has been invited to join the field.
Here’s an updated look at the teams that have earned invitations to participate in the Road to the Roar Pre-Trials:


Invited teams are being given time to decide on their status for the Pre-Trials, with some teams already having changed lineups for the 2017-18 season. To accept the invitation, teams must retain three of the original players who earned the qualifying points for the berth, and have them on the ice at all times. In some cases, the invitations may have to be declined because of that stipulation.
An announcement of the official field will be made at a later date.
The Pre-Trials teams will be seeded one through 14 based on their 2016-17 CTRS rankings, and then split into two pools of seven for the round-robin competition.
The top three teams from each pool will advance to the playoffs, with the first- and second-place teams crossing over to meet each other in the first round of the A-side. The winners will then meet for the first available Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings berth.
The first-round losers, meanwhile, will drop to meet the third-place teams in each pool in the first round of the B-side. The winners of the two games will then meet, with the winner taking on the A-side final loser for the second available Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings berth.

小变化，，，
Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon had qualified for the Home Hardware Road to the Roar based on her position on the Canadian Team Ranking System over two seasons (2015-16, 2016-17) ranking. But because the points she’d earned were entirely with her 2015-16 team, which was completely changed for 2016-17, she had to pass on the berth.
To accept Home Hardware Road to the Roar berths, teams must retain three of the original players who earned the qualifying points, and have them on the ice at all times.
Lawton’s berth will now be taken by Halifax’s Theresa Breen, the next-highest non-qualified team on the two-year rankings.
Women's Teams: