Bryan Burgess (born January 30, 1977) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
curler from
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...
,
Ontario
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. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the
2001 Nokia Brier. He currently coaches the Dallas Burgess Junior team.
Burgess was a member of the
Al Hackner
Allan A. Hackner (born July 18, 1954), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a retired Canadian Hall of Fame curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and is ...
rink from the late 1990s to 2002. In 2001, Burgess won his only
Northern Ontario provincial title, playing third for the team. At the 2001 Brier in Ottawa, the team finished with a 5-6 record. Burgess curled 79% during the tournament.
Except for playing for Hackner in 2007-08, Burgess has skipped his own team since 2002. His only
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from Jo ...
event wins were the
St. Paul Cash Spiel
The St. Paul Let's Cure Lupus Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the St. Paul Curling Club in Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. It is part of the World Curling Tour. The bonspiel takes place durin ...
in 2006 and the 2000
North Bay Curling Classic with Hackner.
Personal life
Burgess works as a senior accountant for the
Gateway Casinos
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in Thunder Bay.
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Brier Statistics
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Living people
Curlers from Thunder Bay
Canadian male curlers
1977 births
Canadian accountants
Canadian curling coaches