Stuart Thompson (born September 26, 1992 in

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) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team on the

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Career

Juniors

As a junior curler, Thompson won three Nova Scotia provincial titles. The first came in 2011, playing second for his brother Kendal's team. The team represented Nova Scotia at the

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, where the team would just miss the playoffs, finishing with a 7-5 record. With the elder Kendal graduating from the junior ranks, Stuart formed his own junior team for the next season with himself

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ping, teammates

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and

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. The team won the 2012 provincial junior title and represented Nova Scotia at the

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. Thompson led his rink to a 9-3 round robin record, tied for third with Manitoba. This put the team in a tiebreaker game for the final playoff spot, which they would lose. For the next season, Thompson continued as skip for his team, adding

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to the rink, replacing Weingartshofer. The team would win the 2013 provincial junior championship and again represented Nova Scotia at that year's Canadian Juniors. There, the team finished with an 8-2 round robin record, good enough for second place. However, the team would lose in the semifinal against Manitoba's

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, settling for a bronze medal. Thompson also played with his brother on the Saint Mary's University curling team. The team would finish with a 3-4 record at the

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Men's

After juniors, Thompson was picked up to play

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for former Brier champion

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. With Dacey, Thompson would play in his first provincial men's championship at the

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. There, Dacey led the team all the way to the final, losing to Jamie Murphy. The next month the team played in Thompson's first ever

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event, the 2014 Syncrude National, with the team going 2-3, failing to advance to the playoffs. The next season, the team won the 2014

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, Thompson's first

event title. Later in the season, the team again played in the Nova Scotia men's championship, the

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. The team had less luck, placing fourth. After the season, Thompson left the Dacey rink to form his own team as skip, with teammates Colten Steele,

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, and Alex MacNeil. Thompson and his new team found success on the World Curling Tour, winning two events in 2015, the

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and the

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. The team played in the 2016 provincial championships, finishing fourth with a 4-3 record. Thompson began the 2016-17 season by winning the

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. Two months later, his team won the

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event. At the 2017 Deloitte Tankard provincial championship, he led his team to a 5-2 round robin record, which put the rink into the playoffs. They won their semifinal match, but lost in the final to Jamie Murphy. The next season,

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joined the lineup, replacing MacNeil at lead. At the

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, they went 4-3 in the round robin, putting them in a three-way tiebreaker. They won both their tiebreak matches, but lost in the semifinal to Team

. Thompson began the 2018-19 season by winning

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tour event. Thompson, led his team to victory in the 2019 Deloitte Tankard in

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qualifying his team for the

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for the first time. Thompson beat out Team Jamie Murphy in a close 6-4 match to win the Tankard, avenging previous losses to Murphy at the Deloitte Tankard. The team had gone 5-2 in the round robin, but won both of their playoff matches to claim the Tankard. At the Brier, Thompson led Team Nova Scotia to a 3-4 record in pool play. The team won a second straight Curling Store Cashspiel in 2019 At the

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, the team finished the round robin with a 4–3 record, and then lost in a tiebreaker match to

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Personal life

Thompson works as a mechanical technologist with Geospectrum Technologies Inc.2019 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Team Nova Scotia

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Stuart Living people 1992 births Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Huskies players Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian people