Blake "Mac" MacDonald (born April 10, 1976) is a

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curler from St. Albert,

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Career

For much of his career MacDonald played on

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'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

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. MacDonald has also skipped, and was also a member of the Ken Hunka and

Brent MacDonald Brent may refer to: *Brent (name), an English given and surname Place name ;In the United States *Brent, Alabama *Brent, Florida * Brent, Georgia *Brent, Missouri, a ghost town *Brent, Oklahoma ;In the United Kingdom * Brent, Cornwall *Brent ...

teams in the past. Early on the Koe rink came up short in major competitions. The team did however win the

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in 2008. They won their first

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in 2010, beating Ontario's

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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 The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Brier marked the sixth time that Saskatoon hosted the Brier; the last time ...

. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Blake 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