Burgess Returns Home to Nova Scotia, Joins Team Black at Lead

Team Christina Black is welcoming a familiar face back to the province, announcing that Lindsey Burgess will join the squad at lead for the 2026-27 season. The 26-year-old Burgess, a Nova Scotia product, returns home after two seasons in Alberta playing second for Team Serena Gray-Withers -- a stint that included a finalist finish at the Alberta Scotties and a Grand Slam U25 title. Before heading west, Burgess built an impressive junior resume highlighted by gold medals at both the 2018 Canadian Junior and World Junior Championships alongside Marlee Powers, who is already a teammate on Team Black. Karlee Everist transitions into the fifth player role to make room, giving Black, third Jill Brothers, second Powers, and Burgess a tightly connected lineup with no shortage of big-game experience heading into the new season.