Blake "Mac" MacDonald (born April 10, 1976) is a
Canadian
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curler from
St. Albert,
Alberta
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.
Career
For much of his career MacDonald played on
Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip of the Canadian men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Originally from Yellowknife, N ...
's team. Originally, MacDonald threw last rocks for the team while Koe threw third and
skipped, but in 2009 the two switched throwing order and MacDonald moved to third. MacDonald has been playing with Koe since 2006. Prior to that, he threw fourth rocks for
Jamie King
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Early career
King started his career in entertainment as a dancer. He appeared on ...
. MacDonald has also skipped, and was also a member of the
Ken Hunka and
Brent MacDonald
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teams in the past.
Early on the Koe rink came up short in major competitions. The team did however win the
Canada Cup of Curling
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in 2008. They won their first
Brier
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in 2010, beating Ontario's
Glenn Howard
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in the final, 6–5. MacDonald also played in the
1999 Labatt Brier
The 1999 Labatt Brier was held from March 6 to 14 at Skyreach Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Jeff Stoughton of Manitoba defeated Guy Hemmings of Quebec in the final.
Teams
Round-robin standings
Round-robin results Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw ...
, playing second for Hunka. The team finished 5–6.
MacDonald left Kevin Koe's team at the end of the 2010–2011 season and retired from professional curling.
MacDonald returned as alternate for Koe during the
2012 Boston Pizza Cup and the
2012 Tim Hortons Brier
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.
MacDonald returned to competitive curling for the 2012–2013 season playing third for Jamie King, along with
Scott Pfeifer
Scott Pfeifer (born January 5, 1977 in St. Albert, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada who plays out of the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert. He was the long-time second for the Randy Ferbey rink from 1998 to ...
and Jeff Erickson.
References
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1976 births
Brier champions
Living people
People from Cold Lake, Alberta
Curlers from Alberta
Sportspeople from St. Albert, Alberta
World curling champions
Canadian male curlers
Canada Cup (curling) participants