Edward R. "Ed" Lukowich (born March 1, 1946; nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke") is a former Canadian champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time

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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 1988 Olympics 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 and a co-founder of and former executive director of the

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. He also was the WCT colour-commentator for CTV Sportsnet.

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.http://www.trillionist.com/

Personal life

A resident of

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, Ed is the older brother of former NHL

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player, Morris Lukowich. His cousin is NHL player

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

Sources

Interview at ''inthehack.com''

References

External links

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