One half of Canada's newest Mixed Doubles curling champions comes from small town Saskatchewan.

St. Gregor's Kirk Muyres and teammate Laura Crocker won the national title on Sunday, defeating Manitoba's Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott.

The win capped a strong week for Muyres and Crocker who posted an overall record of nine wins to one loss.

"We got rolling, and middle of the week you get the memories of the last time you won a Canadian championship and those feelings come back, so it was pretty exciting to get to do it again," Muyres said on the win.

In 2011, Muyres won a provincial and Canadian junior championship in the regular four person game.

Despite having some initial reservations about the two-person format, Muyres says that Mixed Doubles has captured his attention.

"It's just exciting. I love curling, I love regular four-person curling as well. I was a little skeptical to jump into the Mixed Doubles. It seemed a little quirky, a little weird, but after I played one event last year, I just loved it."

He joked that the doubles format feels like soccer, in that players are always on the go.

"I'm running around, sweeping, throwing rocks, it's a lot of fun, a lot quicker, a lot more fast-paced."

"Your job is to do everything out there with your partner. You literally have to do everything on every shot, and I think that's part of the excitement," he added.

Having competed in the format only once before, Muyres was a late addition to Crocker's team after her fiance Geoff Walker won the Brier with Brad Gushue.

Gushue and Team Canada are currently in Las Vegas at the World Men's Championship, which made Walker ineligible to compete.

Muyres says that to bring on a new teammate so close to the event and still come out on top shows how good Crocker is.

"She's amazing. I said it all week, she's a winner. When there was a moment when we needed a big shot to win a game, or a big shot to bail me out, she was there to make it and that is the true sign of a champion and a winner."

Crocker, like Muyres, is a former Canadian junior champion, having won with Rachel Homan in 2010.

It's been seven years since Muyres represented Canada on the world stage, noting what has changed for him in that time.

"A lot of maturity has come along the way. Perspective in life, realizing that it is just a game. It's fun to be out there and be competitive and play to win, but at the end of the day we are going to come home and have our families and loved ones, and life will go on."

History could soon be on the side of Muyres and Crocker when they head to Sweden for the championship from April 21-28.

Despite winning Olympic gold in South Korea, success has been difficult to come by at Worlds for Canada, who appeared in their first gold medal game last year, losing to Switzerland.

"I think we'll be able to enjoy that pressure, enjoy that excitement, play our hearts out, and see if we can win gold for Canada."