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Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984) is a
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curler from
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. Carruthers was the 2011 world champion—winning gold as a second on
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's team—as well as a six-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior provincial champion, and the 2008 Manitoba provincial mixed champion. Carruthers currently skips a Winnipeg-based rink on the
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. He also coaches the
Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...
women's team.


Career

As a junior curler, Carruthers skipped Manitoba at the
2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2003 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 1–9 at the Rideau and Ottawa Curling Clubs in Ottawa. Teams from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan won both the men's and women's event. Both teams would go on to win gold medals ...
. He would lead the team to a 4-8 round robin record. After juniors, he skipped a team with
Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announce ...
,
Derek Samagalski Derek Samagalski (born September 9, 1984) is a Canadian curler who currently resides in Carberry, Manitoba. Samagalski won a bronze medal at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier as lead, where he also won the first team all-star award for the position. ...
and Tyler Forrest to a provincial final against
Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is one of the most successful Manitoba ...
in 2006. In 2008, he would play in his first
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, playing as the alternate for the
Kerry Burtnyk Kerry Burtnyk (born November 24, 1958) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Reston, Manitoba. He is a two time Canadian champion skip, and the 1995 World Champion skip. He is currently the coach of the Darcy Robertson rin ...
rink, finishing in 5th place. Carruthers would join the Stoughton rink as his second, in 2010. He won his first Manitoba provincial title playing for Stoughton at the 2011 Safeway Championship. Carruthers went on to win his first
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at the 2011 event in London. The Stoughton team defeated the
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team 8 - 6 in the final. The team went on to represent Canada at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, which they would eventually win after only losing one game throughout the competition. Carruthers would win two more provincial championships with Stoughton, in 2013 (making the Brier final that year but losing to Brad Jacobs) and 2014 (finishing third at the Brier). In 2014, the Stoughton rink went its separate ways, with Jeff soon retiring, and Carruthers would form his own team with
Braeden Moskowy Braeden Moskowy (born August 14, 1990) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. He is a former Canadian junior curling champion and a six-time Brier competitor. Career Moskowy has represented Saskatchewan in two Canadian Junior Curling ...
,
Derek Samagalski Derek Samagalski (born September 9, 1984) is a Canadian curler who currently resides in Carberry, Manitoba. Samagalski won a bronze medal at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier as lead, where he also won the first team all-star award for the position. ...
and
Colin Hodgson Colin Sterling-Wyatt Hodgson (born June 8, 1990) is a Canadian curler originally from Lacombe, Alberta. He is the former lead for Team Mike McEwen and currently plays mixed doubles with Chelsea Carey. Career While briefly living in Calgary, H ...
. The team would go on to win the 2015 Safeway Championship, earning the right to represent Manitoba at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier. At the Brier, Carruthers led his team to a disappointing 4-7 finish. Gaining confidence as a top skip after his 2015 Brier appearance, and his years of success as a very young front end player for Stoughton, Reid would have an excellent Grand Slam season in 2015-2016 reaching 3 finals, reaching the quarters or better in 6 of 7 Grand Slam events, and winning his first Grand Slam event at the Champions Cup by defeating
John Epping John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...
of Ontario in the final. He would however be unable to defend his Manitoba title in 2016, losing in the semi finals. In 2017 he would advance to the final by defeating arch Manitoba rival Mike McEwen in the 1–2, but in a finals rematch would lose 8–7, losing out on a return to the Brier. That season, he had another strong season, with a final, semi final, and quarter final in his first 4 Grand Slam events of the year. That season Carruthers would also win the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling. Carruthers played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, leading his team to a 4–4 record, missing the playoffs. Carruthers would finally win another Manitoba championship in 2018, defeating a chicken-pox ridden Mike McEwen in the final. At the
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, the team missed the playoffs, going 5–6. After the Brier, Moskowy left the team and was replaced by spares for the remainder of the season. In March 2018, it was announced McEwen would be joining the rink for the 2018-19 curling season, and will throw last rocks with Carruthers throwing third and skipping. With McEwen joining the team, they found quick success finishing runner-up at the
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to
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. That would be the only Slam they would qualify in, missing the playoffs at the other six events. They also missed the playoffs at the 2018 Canada Cup, going 0–6. They had a better tour season, winning the
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,
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and the
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. They also were successful 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 ...
, defeating
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in the final. At the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Team Carruthers led Manitoba to a 6–5 record, just missing the playoffs. McEwen was officially named the teams skip for the 2019–20 season. Team McEwen had a more successful following season. On the tour, they never missed the playoffs and they won one event, the inaugural WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup. In Grand Slam play, they reached the quarterfinals of the Tour Challenge and the
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and the semifinals of the Canadian Open. They would not defend their provincial title, losing the final of the
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to
Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announce ...
. They would still compete at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier though, winning the Wild Card spot over
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in the play-in game. Team McEwen finished the round robin and championship pool with a 7–4 record, which was a four-way tie for fourth. They faced
John Epping John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...
in the first round of tiebreakers where they lost 8–5 and were eliminated. 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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. In their lone tour event of the 2020–21 season, Team McEwen won the 2020 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic. Due to the
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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincials champions, Team
Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announce ...
was chosen to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier. However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the
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,
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added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the
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from the 2019–20 season. Because Team McEwen ranked 5th on the CTRS and kept at least three of their four players together for the 2020–21 season, they got the first Wild Card spot at the 2021 Brier in
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,
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. At the Brier, they finished with a 4–4 record, missing the championship pool.


Personal life

Carruthers was born in
Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
, Manitoba. There, he attended Glenlawn Collegiate, the
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, and
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, studying
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and
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. He works as a substitute teacher with the
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. He is married and has one child.


Grand Slam record


Teams


References


External links

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Canadian Curling Association Male Athlete of the Week
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carruthers, Reid 1984 births Living people Curlers from Winnipeg World curling champions Canadian schoolteachers Brier champions Canadian mixed doubles curling champions Canadian male curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants Canada Cup (curling) participants People from St. Vital, Winnipeg Canadian curling coaches