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2025 Montana's Brier
The 2025 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 28 to March 9 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia. The winning Brad Jacobs rink will represent Canada at the 2025 World Men's Curling Championship at Temple Gardens Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Summary Prior to the event, all the teams agreed not to use the new controversial 'black foam' brush heads, that are legal for competition. The new brush heads have firmer foam, which has caused debate among curlers, with the ensuing controversy being dubbed "Broomgate 2.0" or "foamgate", in reference to the brush head scandal from the 2015–16 season. In Draw 6, Alberta (Jacobs) defeated Northwest Territories 20–2 setting a playoff-era record (since 1980) for most points scored in a game, breaking the record of 18 set in by Manitoba. This was also the first time a team scored 20 or more points in a game at the Brier since (which was also held in Kelowna) when Manitoba d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelowna
Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan language, Okanagan word ', referring to a grizzly bear. Kelowna is the province's third-largest Greater Kelowna, metropolitan area (after Greater Vancouver, Vancouver and Greater Victoria, Victoria). It is the List of municipalities in British Columbia, seventh-largest municipality in BC and the largest in the Interior. It is the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 20th-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city proper encompasses , and the Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan area, census metropolitan area . Kelowna's population in 2025 is 165,907 in the city proper. Nearby communities include the City of West Kelowna (also referred to as Westbank and Westside) to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161. Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and a critical railway junction for the area's agricultural produce. CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school and is home to the Snowbirds (aerobatic team), Snowbirds, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a Casino Moose Jaw, casino and Temple Gardens Mineral Hell Resort, geothermal spa. History Cree and Assiniboine people used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. The Missouri Coteau sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundant water and game made i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Montana's Brier
The 2024 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 1 to 10 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. Team Canada, who was skipped by Brad Gushue won their third straight Brier Tankard and represented Canada at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland where they won the silver medal. This was the first Brier under the sponsorship of Montana's BBQ & Bar, following the departure of Tim Hortons as a sponsor. Summary During Draw 1 action, a heckler was ejected from the arena. Team Canada skip Brad Gushue asked for the spectator to be removed in the ninth end of his game against Nova Scotia. When Gushue was about to throw his final rock of the end, he signalled a technical timeout to deal with the matter, as the fan was distracting the team from the front row. After Team Canada second E. J. Harnden, E.J. Harnden spoke to the fan, and "got into it" with him, the tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2006 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 11 to 19 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. In the final, Quebec's Jean-Michel Ménard rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier, the first since Jim Ursel won in 1977, defeating Ontario's Glenn Howard 8–7. Quebec started the game with a commanding lead, stealing one in the first, and three more in the second to take a 4–0 lead. Ahead 5–4, Ménard had a chance to score four and take a five point lead in the sixth, but missed a tap back, taking two instead. The teams traded singles until the 10th end. With Quebec up by two, Ontario needed a steal of two to tie the game in the last end. On his final shot, Ménard took out two Ontario stones in the eight-foot to win the championship. The Ménard rink became the first francophone team to win the Brier. Quebec was considered a longshot to win the Brier against teams like Howard, Kevin Martin (Alberta), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Purcell
Owen Purcell (born July 8, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia. He currently skips his team out of Halifax Curling Club. He is most notable for winning multiple Canadian junior titles and representing Canada at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. Career In 2017, Purcell's rink out of CFB Halifax would start 2–1 at the 2017 Nova Scotia Junior Under 18 Men's Championship qualifying for the championship round in the B Event. Purcell lost in the championship round to Team Ryan Abraham 6–3 who would later go on to win the event. In 2018 Purcell would win the 2018 Nova Scotia Under 18 Men's Championship playing third for Graeme Weagle. They went on to win the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships defeating Alberta's Ryan Jacques 10–6 in the final. In 2019, Purcell would win the 2019 Nova Scotia Under 18 Men's Championship playing third for Adam McEachren. They went 4–2 in round robin play at the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Epping
John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Junior Men's Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, having won the Ontario Junior championship in 2004. At the 2004 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, his team finished with an 8–4 record, just out of the playoffs. He won the 2006 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship with Julie Reddick, Scott Foster and Leigh Armstrong. He won the 2007 provincial mixed as well, but could not defend his national title. Men's After Juniors, Epping played third for Nick Rizzo until switching positions with Rizzo in 2006, and thus skipping the team. However, in 2007 he was picked up to play third for Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris. He'd only play one season for Harris before joining Wayne Middaugh's rink at second in 2008. With the Middaugh rink Epping won the 2008 National, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Of Death
A group of death in a multi-stage tournament is a group which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament. Thus, in the group phase, one or more strong competitors in the "group of death" will necessarily be eliminated, who would otherwise have been expected to progress further in the tournament. The informal term was first used for groups in the FIFA World Cup finals. It is now also used in other association football tournaments and other sports. After the draw for a tournament has been made, debates often arise about which of the preliminary groups is "the" group of death. This happens for multiple reasons: in part, from more general debates about the relative strengths of the various competitors; but, additionally, because there is no exact definition of the term "group of death". Sometimes, the term simply signifies a group with only the stronges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Carruthers was the 2011 world champion—winning gold as a second on Jeff Stoughton's team—as well as an eight-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior provincial champion, and the 2008 Manitoba provincial mixed champion. He coaches the Kerri Einarson women's team. Career As a junior curler, Carruthers skipped Manitoba at the 2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. He would lead the team to a 4-8 round robin record. After juniors, he skipped a team with Jason Gunnlaugson, Derek Samagalski and Tyler Forrest to a provincial final against Jeff Stoughton in 2006. In 2008, he would play in his first Brier, playing as the alternate for the Kerry Burtnyk rink, finishing in 5th place. Carruthers would join the Stoughton rink as his second, in 2010. He won his first Manitoba provincial title playing for Stoughton at the 2011 Safeway Championship. Carruthers went on to win his first T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Mooibroek
Samuel Vincent Mooibroek (born October 9, 1999) is a Canadian curler from Kitchener, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Whitby. Career Youth Mooibroek won his first provincial title in 2016 at the U18 Ontario Curling Championships, skipping his own team of Emerson Steffler, Mathew Garner and Spencer Dunlop. With a new lineup the following season, he was unsuccessful in defending his title with the Hazen Enman rink taking first. For his last year of U18, he joined Enman at the third position. The team reached the provincial final where they lost to Joshua Leung, finishing second. Aged out of U18, Mooibroek reunited with former teammates Garner and Dunlop and brought on new third Ryan Fayaz for the 2018–19 season. With the goal of winning the Ontario U-21 Curling Championships, the team finished second through the round robin with a 5–2 record. After beating Cameron Goodkey in the semifinal, they reached the final where they gave up steals in the ninth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter (born July 4, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently skips his own team. Team Kleiter is known for their brightly coloured paint splash pants. Curling career Juniors Kleiter and his rink of Trevor Johnson, Joshua Mattern and Matthieu Taillon represented Saskatchewan internationally for the first time at the 2015 U18 International Curling Championships where he skipped the team to a 2–3 round robin record, unfortunately missing the playoffs. The team was able to win their two consolation games however, winning the C Event. Team Kleiter won the U18 provincial championship once again in 2017. They represented Saskatchewan at the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick and topped their pool with a 4–1 record. Two more wins in the championship pool qualified them for the playoffs as the second seed. They lost the semifinal against Nova Scotia and the bronze medal game against British Columbia, unfortunately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike McEwen (curler)
Michael McEwen (born July 30, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ..., Manitoba, who grew up in Brandon, Manitoba. McEwen won six Grand Slam of Curling, Grand Slams in his career before his team qualified for their first Tim Hortons Brier, Brier, Canada's national championship in 2016. He is noted as one of the top curlers using the Manitoba tuck delivery today. He is nicknamed "Magic" Mike McEwen. Career Early career In 1998, McEwen won his first of two Manitoba Junior championships, sending him and his team of David Chalmers (curler), David Chalmers, Bryce Granger and Kevin Schmidt (curler), Kevin Schmidt to the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. There, he led his Manitoba rink to 9-3 round robin record, in 2nd plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curling, curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip (curling), skip of the Canadian men's team at the Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's tournament, 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Koe now resides in Calgary, Alberta and curls out of The Glencoe Club. He learned to curl at the age of six in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Career Junior career After several trips to the territorial junior men's curling championships, Koe finally won in 1994. This earned him the right to skip the Northwest Territories/Yukon team at the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. He led the team, which consisted of his brother Jamie Koe, Jamie at third, second Mark Whitehead (curler), Mark Whitehead and lead Kevin Whitehead (curler), Kevin Whitehead to an 8–3 round robin record, in a three-way tie for first. This gave them a direct spot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
