Emma Logan (born August 11, 1997) is a Canadian curler from

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. She currently plays

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on Team Jessica Daigle. She is the niece of five time Scotties champion

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling C ...

. She is also deaf.

Career

Logan skipped the

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team at the 2017

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where the team went 3–4. She joined her aunt

's team as alternate for the 2018–19 season. They lost the final of the 2019 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts to

Jill Brothers Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly out of New Bru ...

6–5. The following season, Kristin Clarke left the team and Logan moved up to lead. Team Arsenault won The Curling Store Cashspiel on the

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, going undefeated through the tournament. They also played in the Tour Challenge Tier 2

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event where they went 2–2. At the 2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team was successful in capturing the provincial title when they defeated

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in the final. With the win, Logan became the first

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person to compete at the

Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat ...

. At the

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, Nova Scotia went 4–3 through the round robin, qualifying for the tiebreaker against

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Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and repres ...

. In the tiebreaker, Nova Scotia lost 5–4 and were eliminated from contention. After the season, Mary-Anne Arsenault moved to British Columbia and Logan joined the

rink as their alternate. Due to the

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, the 2021

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was cancelled. Since the reigning champions, Team Mary-Anne Arsenault, did not retain three out of four team members still playing together, Team Brothers (the top-ranked Nova Scotia team on the points list for the 2020–21 season) was invited to represent Nova Scotia at the

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, which they accepted. One member of Team Brothers, Sarah Murphy opted not to attend the Scotties, with lead Jenn Brine moving up to second and Logan moving up to play lead. At the Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 3–5 record, failing to make it to the championship round.

Personal life

Logan is currently a customer success manager for LifeRaft.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Emma 1997 births Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier University alumni Deaf sportspeople Canadian deaf people