Edward R. "Ed" Lukowich (born March 1, 1946; nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke") is a former Canadian champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion, having won the Brier Tankard for Alberta as skip of both the 1978 and 1986 Canadian championship teams. His team won the and placed third at

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when curling was a demonstration sport.

Career

Curling

Born on March 1, 1946, in

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, Lukowich was the athlete development director from 2000 to 2009 of the

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. He coached the

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rink at the 2010 World Championship at

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to a 4th-place finish. Lukowich has written four books on curling and produced a 60-minute instructional video. He was one of the initial founders of the

TSN Skins Game The TSN All-Star Curling Skins Game is an annual curling bonspiel hosted by The Sports Network. " Skins" curling had been developed as a way to make curling more interesting on TV during the time before the free guard zone rule was implemented. T ...

and a co-founder of and former executive director of the

World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...

. He also was the WCT colour-commentator for

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Writing

Lukowich changed careers in 2011, becoming a science fiction writer as well as the author of 5 books (in his Trillion Theory series) relating to new theory pertaining to the age and origin of our universe. Authored books: *''The Trillionist'' 2013 (science fiction novel published by EDGE). *''Trillion Theory'' (2015)(1st book in the Trillion Theory series. *''Trillion Years Universe Theory'' (2014 and 2015)(2nd book in the Trillion Theory series. *''Black Holes Built Our Cosmos'' (2015)(3rd book in the Trillion Theory series. *''T Theory Says: Who Owns our Universe'' (2016)(4th book in the Trillion Theory series. *''Spinning Black Hole Inside Our Earth'' (2017)(5th book in the Trillion Theory series.

Personal life

A resident of

Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

, Ed is the older brother of former NHL

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player,

Morris Lukowich Morris Eugene Lukowich (born June 1, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.https://www.nhl.com/player/morris-lukowich-8448912 He was a member of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the National Hockey ...

. His cousin is NHL player

Brad Lukowich Bradley J. Lukowich (born August 12, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and former assistant coach of the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League. He has won the Stanley Cup twice in his career, with the Dall ...

who is the son of former NHL and WHA player Bernie Lukowich.

Sources

Interview at ''inthehack.com''

References

External links

* * Video: Curlers from Saskatchewan Curlers from Calgary 1946 births Living people Curling broadcasters Brier champions Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Canadian male curlers World curling champions 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-curling-bio-stub