Ian McMillan (born July 17, 1991 in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team

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Career

McMillan is most notable for winning the 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2

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event playing second for

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. The team finished sixth on the

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that season. McMillan left the team the following season and joined the

Braden Calvert Braden Calvert (born July 16, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Carberry, Manitoba. He currently skips his own team out of Winnipeg. He is a former World Junior curling champion and two-time Canadian junior champion. Career Calvert, originally f ...

rink. Team Calvert had a fairly successful first season together, beginning with the

2018 Icebreaker at The Granite The 2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite was held from August 24 to 26 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the second event on the World Curling Tour for the 2018–19 season. The men's event was held in a double knocko ...

where they won the event title. They also won The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul and the Thistle Integrity Stakes the following two months and had semifinal appearances at both the

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and the

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. The team also played in three Grand Slam events, failing to qualify for the playoffs in any of them. At the

2019 Viterra Championship The 2019 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Tundra Oil and Gas Place in Virden. The winning Team Carruthers represented Manitoba at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's n ...

, they were eliminated in the championship round. The following season, the team would only win one tour event, the

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, where they went undefeated to claim the title. Elsewhere on tour, the team had semifinal appearances at the

2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker The 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker was held from August 23 to 25 in Morris, Manitoba. It was the fourth event of the 2019–20 curling season. The total purse for the event was $7,480 on both the Men's and Women's side. In the ...

, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, the

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and the 2019 China Open where they represented Canada. Team Calvert only qualified for one slam that season, the

2019 Tour Challenge The 2019 KIOTI TRACTOR Tour Challenge was held from November 5 to 10, at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2019–20 season. In the men's tier 1 final, Brad Jacobs of ...

Tier 2, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. At the

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, the team failed to qualify for the championship round as they were knocked out in the B Qualifier by 2020 World Junior champion

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. During the abbreviated 2020–21 season, Team Calvert played in two events, reaching the semifinals in the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic and missing the playoffs in the MCT Cargill Curling Training Centre Fall Classic. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincials champions, Team

was chosen to represent Manitoba at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team ...

. However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the

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added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the

from the 2019–20 season. Team Calvert ranked three places to low in the rankings to qualify for the event, ranking just below

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and

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. The team began the following season with two finals appearances at the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic and the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic, winning the latter. The team also had enough points to qualify for the

2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials were held from October 25 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The event qualified two teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Qualif ...

for a chance to qualify for the

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. At the Pre-Trials, they finished with a 2–4 record, missing the playoffs. Due to their early success, Team Calvert qualified for the 2021 National Grand Slam event, where they finished with a 1–3 record. At the 2022 Viterra Championship, the team qualified through the A event with two straight victories, and then won their first championship round game to reach the 1 vs. 2 page qualifier. They then lost two straight games to Mike McEwen and Ryan Wiebe, not qualifying for the playoffs. They wrapped up their season at the 2022 Best of the West where they lost in a tiebreaker to Karsten Sturmay.

Personal life

McMillan is employed as a senior credit analyst for CWB National Leasing.

Grand Slam record

Teams

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people People from Dryden, Ontario Canadian male curlers Curlers from Northern Ontario Curlers from Winnipeg {{Canada-curling-bio-stub