Daniel Bruce (born January 14, 1999) is a

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curler originally from

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. He currently plays

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on Team Ty Dilello.

Career

Bruce competed in three

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in his junior career in 2018, 2019 and 2020. His best result came in 2020 skipping his own team of

Ryan McNeil Lamswood Ryan McNeil Lamswood (born March 19, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. He currently plays third on Team Ty Dilello. Career McNeil Lamswood competed in five Canadian Junior Curling Championships in his jun ...

at third, Joel Krats at second and Nathan King at lead. The team finished the round robin and championship pool with an 8–2 record, which qualified them for the playoffs. They defeated

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of Saskatchewan in the semifinal before coming up short to

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's Manitoba rink in the final. It was the first time since 2011 that Newfoundland and Labrador qualified for the playoffs. Also in his junior career, Bruce won a silver medal at the 2019 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships as third for

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. Out of juniors, Bruce joined the

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rink for the 2020–21 season. The team competed in the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, where they lost in a tiebreaker to

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. In 2021, Bruce reunited with McNeil Lamswood and King to compete for the 2021-22 season. They beat Team

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to become the team to represent the Memorial University Seahawks at the

2022 Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships The 2022 Subway Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships was held from March 17 to 19 at the Windsor Curling Club in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Usually, the top men's team along with the top two women's teams qualify for the U Sports/Curling ...

. They ended up placing runner-up to the Dalhousie Tigers team. In the 2022 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard the team failed to qualify for the play-offs; finishing with a 3-5 record. Bruce, McNeil Lamswood, and Feltham joined forces with Ty Dilello for the

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, where they found immediate success, representing Newfoundland and Labrador at the

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 Champ ...

, after winning the team's first

2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard The 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 21 to 25 at the St. John's Curling Club, RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's ...

title over

Personal life

Bruce attended the

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. He currently lives in

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and works as a member service advisor for NLCU.

Teams

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce, Daniel 1999 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Ottawa People from Corner Brook Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni Curlers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 21st-century Canadian sportsmen