Scott Saccary (born March 26, 1985 in Halifax,

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) is a

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curler from Dartmouth,

. He currently plays

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for Team

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Career

Saccary represented Nova Scotia at the

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in 2002 and 2003 finishing 5–7 in 2002 and 6–6 in 2003. Saccary won his first

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in 2016 with Jamie Murphy. They failed to get out of the pre-qualifying tournament after losing the final to

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. The team returned the following season after winning the Nova Scotia provincials once again and finished 4–7 in the main event. The team won their third consecutive

in 2018 and finished 5–6 at the

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. Also during the 2017–18 season, the team played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Pre-Trials, losing the tiebreaker to

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. Team Murphy played in their first

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event the following season at the 2018 Masters. At the event, they defeated higher ranked

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and

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to qualify for the tiebreakers. They defeated

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in the first round of tiebreakers before losing to

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in the second. They could not defend their title at the 2019 Deloitte Tankard, losing the final to the

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rink. Team Murphy played in another Grand Slam the following season at the

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Tier 2 event. There, they qualified for the tiebreakers with a 2–2 record. They beat Chad Stevens in the tiebreaker before losing to

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in the quarterfinals. The team won the 2020 Deloitte Tankard in mid-January, 2020, and finished 3–4 at the

2020 Tim Hortons Brier The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curli ...

. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Murphy was invited to represent Nova Scotia 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 ...

, which they accepted. Jamie Murphy opted not to attend the event due to travel restrictions. He was replaced by

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of Ontario. At the Brier, they finished with a 4–4 record, failing to qualify for the championship pool.

Personal life

Saccary owns the New Scotland Clothing Co. & New Scotland Brewing Co.. He is married to Gerri d’Entremont.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saccary, Scott 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian people