Matthieu Taillon (born September 11, 1998) is a

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curler from

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. He was the longtime

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on Team

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 ...

. Team Kleiter was known for their brightly coloured paint splash pants.

Career

Taillon and his rink of

, Trevor Johnson and

Joshua Mattern Joshua Mattern (born November 15, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently plays third on Team Rylan Kleiter. Team Kleiter is known for their brightly coloured paint splash pants. Career Juniors Mattern and his rink ...

represented Saskatchewan internationally for the first time at the 2015 U18 International Curling Championships where they finished with 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

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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

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and the bronze medal game against

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, unfortunately not winning a medal. They also won the U21 provincial in 2017, sending them to the 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Like their first trip to the U18's in 2015, they didn't qualify for the playoffs, finishing 2–3. Team Kleiter returned to the junior championship again in 2018 but this time finished with a worse record of 1–5. The following season they once again won the provincial juniors and represented Saskatchewan on home ice at the

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. This year, the Saskatchewan team had a great showing, going 8–2 in the round robin and championship pool to secure a playoff berth. Their run ended in the semifinal however, losing to

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's J. T. Ryan. Also during the 2018–19 season, Team Kleiter was invited to the 2019 Canadian Open

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event as the sponsors exemption. They played against the top teams in the country, losing all three of their triple knockout games to

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 to ...

Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Calgary, Alberta. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Oly ...

and

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 p ...

. In their last year of junior eligibility, Team Kleiter won their fourth straight provincial junior title and once again a spot at the

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. They would once again have a great showing at nationals, qualifying for the playoffs with a 7–3 record and as the third seed. In a narrow semifinal against

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, Team Saskatchewan gave up a key five ender in the eighth end, ultimately losing the game 9–8.

Personal life

Taillon is currently a physiology and pharmacology student at the

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Teams

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