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Reid Carruthers

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Reid Carruthers
Carruthers in 2018.
Born (1984-12-30) December 30, 1984 (age 39)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
SpouseJodi Karwacki (m. 2016)
Curling career
Team
Curling clubWest St. Paul CC,[1]
West St. Paul, MB
SkipReid Carruthers
ThirdCatlin Schneider
SecondDerek Samagalski
LeadConnor Njegovan
Mixed doubles
partner		Selena Njegovan
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Brier appearances12 (2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
World Championship
appearances		1 (2011)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2017)
Top CTRS ranking1st (2012–13)
Grand Slam victories2 (2013 National, 2016 Champions Cup)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Regina
World Mixed Doubles Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lethbridge
Representing  Manitoba
Tim Hortons Brier
Gold medal – first place 2011 London
Silver medal – second place 2013 Edmonton
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kamloops
Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Saskatoon
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Leduc

Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Carruthers was the 2011 world champion—winning gold as a second on Jeff Stoughton's team—as well as an eight-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior provincial champion, and the 2008 Manitoba provincial mixed champion.[2] He coaches the Kerri Einarson women's team.[3]

Career

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As a junior curler, Carruthers skipped Manitoba at the 2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. He would lead the team to a 4-8 round robin record.

After juniors, he skipped a team with Jason Gunnlaugson, Derek Samagalski and Tyler Forrest to a provincial final against Jeff Stoughton in 2006.[4] In 2008, he would play in his first Brier, playing as the alternate for the Kerry Burtnyk 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.[5] Carruthers went on to win his first Tim Hortons Brier at the 2011 event in London. The Stoughton team defeated the Glenn Howard team 8 - 6 in the final.[6] 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.[7] 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, Derek Samagalski and Colin Hodgson. 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.[citation needed]

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 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.[citation needed]

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 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, 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.[8]

With McEwen joining the team, they found quick success finishing runner-up at the 2018 Elite 10 (September) to Brad Gushue. 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 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, Karuizawa International and the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic. They also were successful at the 2019 Viterra Championship, defeating William Lyburn 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 National and the semifinals of the Canadian Open. They would not defend their provincial title, losing the final of the 2020 Viterra Championship to Jason Gunnlaugson. They would still compete at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier though, winning the Wild Card spot over Glenn Howard 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 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 Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

In their lone tour event of the 2020–21 season, Team McEwen won the 2020 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic.[10] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincials champions, Team Jason Gunnlaugson was chosen to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.[11] However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the CTRS standings from the 2019–20 season.[12] Because Team McEwen ranked 5th on the CTRS[13] 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 Calgary, Alberta.[14] At the Brier, they finished with a 4–4 record, missing the championship pool.[15]

Personal life

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Carruthers was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. There, he attended Glenlawn Collegiate, the University of Winnipeg, and Red River College, studying kinesiology and industrial arts.[16]

He is a former substitute teacher with the Louis Riel School Division. He is married and has one child.[17]

Grand Slam record

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Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF QF Q Q QF N/A N/A QF QF Q
Canadian Open DNP Q Q SF F QF SF QF SF Q QF Q SF N/A N/A Q Q Q
The National Q DNP DNP F QF C Q QF F F QF Q QF N/A Q Q Q
Masters Q QF DNP F QF QF SF DNP QF SF QF Q Q N/A Q Q QF
Players' Q DNP Q QF Q SF Q Q Q QF Q Q N/A SF QF Q Q
Champions Cup N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A C DNP Q Q N/A Q DNP Q N/A N/A
Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF F SF Q F N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead
2005–06 Reid Carruthers Jason Gunnlaugson Derek Samagalski Tyler Forrest
2006–07 Reid Carruthers Jason Gunnlaugson Justin Richter Tyler Forrest
2007–08 Reid Carruthers Jason Gunnlaugson Justin Richter Tyler Forrest
2008–09 Reid Carruthers Dan Kammerlock Derek Samagalski Shane Kilgallen
2009–10 Reid Carruthers Chris Galbraith Derek Samagalski Shane Kilgallen
2010–11 Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Steve Gould
2011–12 Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Steve Gould
2012–13 Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Mark Nichols
2013–14 Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Mark Nichols
Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Mark Nichols Reid Carruthers
2014–15 Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2015–16 Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2016–17 Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2017–18 Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2018–19 Mike McEwen (Fourth) Reid Carruthers (Skip) Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2019–20 Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2020–21 Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2021–22 Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson
2022–23 Reid Carruthers Jason Gunnlaugson (2022)
Brad Jacobs (2023)		 Derek Samagalski Connor Njegovan
2023–24 Brad Jacobs Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Connor Njegovan
2024–25 Reid Carruthers Catlin Schneider Derek Samagalski Connor Njegovan

References

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  1. ^ "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
  2. ^ "Reid Carruthers". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  3. ^ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Reid Carruthers". World Curling Tour. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  5. ^ Paul Wiecek (14 February 2011). "Hoping to party like it's 1999". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  6. ^ Doug Harrison (14 March 2011). "Stoughton slows Glenn Howard in Brier final". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
  7. ^ Donna Spencer (10 April 2011). "Canada's Stoughton beats Scotland to win men's world curling championship". Winnipeg Free Press.
  8. ^ "Curling 'frenemies' Carruthers & McEwen teaming up next season - Sportsnet.ca".
  9. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "McEwen beats Howard to win Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic". TSN. November 15, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  11. ^ Devin Heroux (December 21, 2020). "Ontario, Manitoba cancel playdowns for Scotties, Brier". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Three wild-card teams added to Scotties, Brier". TSN. January 13, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "2019–20 CTRS Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  14. ^ "Wild Card teams set!". Curling Canada. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Scores, schedule, standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  16. ^ "Reid Carruthers". Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  17. ^ "2022 Points Bet Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
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