Braeden Moskowy (born August 14, 1990) is a

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curler from

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. He is a former Canadian junior curling champion and a six-time Brier competitor.

Career

Moskowy has represented Saskatchewan in two

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: skipping the province in 2010 and 2011. At the

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, he lost in the semi-final to Ontario's Jake Walker. At the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Moskowy finished 12–0 in the round robin advancing to the final. In the final Moskowy beat Ontario's Mathew Camm to finish the week a perfect 13–0. Moskowy became the 5th team in Canadian Junior history to go undefeated. This qualified the Moskowy rink to represent Canada at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships where the team went on to lose the semi-final as well as the bronze medal game, settling for fourth place. Moskowy played in his first

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event at the

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, in which his rink became the first junior team to ever qualify at a Grand Slam event. In 2013, he qualified for his first Brier after winning the 2013 SaskTel Tankard 6–4 over

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. At the Brier, Saskatchewan went 5–6 in the round robin, missing the playoffs. In 2014, Moskowy moved to Manitoba and joined the

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rink. With the Carruthers rink, Moskowy represented Manitoba at two Briers, in 2015 and in 2018. In 2015, the team went 4–7, missing the playoffs. In 2018, the team qualified for the Championship Pool with a 5–2 record before losing all four of their next games finishing the event with a 5–6 record. Moskowy also won his first Grand Slam with team Carruthers, the 2016 Champions Cup. After the 2017–18 season, Moskowy left the Carruthers rink and moved back to Saskatchewan to join the Matt Dunstone rink. The team was invited to represent Canada at the third leg of the 2018-19 Curling World Cup. The team won the event, defeating Team Sweden's

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rink in the final. In their first event of the 2019–20 season, Team Dunstone finished runner-up at the

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. Dunstone also won his first career Grand Slam at the 2019 Masters where he defeated

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in the final. They fell into a slump after their huge win at the slam, not able to qualify at the Tour Challenge,

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or Canadian Open and finishing winless at the

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. They were able to turn things around at the

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. After falling into the C Event, Team Dunstone won four straight games including defeating

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in the final to win the provincial championship. At the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, they finished the round robin and championship pool with a 8–3 record which qualified them for the 1 vs. 2 game against

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. They lost the game 9–4 and then lost the semifinal to

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's Gushue, settling for a bronze medal. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the

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and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the

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. After the season, Team Dunstone added

to their team, replacing

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at second. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Dunstone was invited to represent Saskatchewan at the

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, which they accepted. At the Brier, they finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9–3 record, qualifying for the playoffs as the second seed. Facing

in the semifinal, they lost 6–5 after Bottcher made a runback to score two in the tenth end. Team Dunstone would have to settle for the bronze medal for a second straight year. Moskowy was replaced by

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at the

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, citing "personal reasons", with no further details revealed. He returned to the team for their run at the

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. Following the season, the team broke up.

Personal life

In addition to being a professional curler, Moskowy is Canada wide mortgage broker with TMG (The Mortgage Group). Moskowy's dad,

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, represented Saskatchewan at the 2002 Nokia Brier.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moskowy, Braeden 1990 births Living people Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan Continental Cup of Curling participants Canada Cup (curling) participants