Eugene Hritzuk (born c. 1949) is a

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curler from

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. He is a former World Senior men's champion skip. Hritzuk has won two provincial championships as skip, once in 1985 and again in 1988. This qualified him for

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both times. At the 1985 Labatt Brier, he finished the round robin with a 6-5 record. He had to play in two tie-breakers, which he won to get to the semi-final, where he lost to

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. At the 1988 Labatt Brier, he finished the Brier with an 8-3 record, and lost to Alberta's Pat Ryan in the final. It would be his last Brier. Since then, Hritzuk has been a successful seniors curler, and has represented Saskatchewan at the Canadian Seniors Championships in 2002,

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and

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. He won his first Canadian Seniors Championship in 2008. Hritzuk won the

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in May 2009. Hritzuk has also represented Saskatchewan at the

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in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018 winning the Canadian Masters Championship in 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hritzuk, Eugene Living people Curlers from Saskatoon Canadian male curlers Year of birth missing (living people)