Kevin Martin (curler)
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Kevin Martin (born July 31, 1966), nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart",[1] is a Canadian retired curler originally from Lougheed, Alberta[2] and residing in Edmonton.[3] He is an Olympic, World and four-time Canadian champion and a member of the World Curling Hall of Fame.[4] He is considered by many commentators and former and current curlers to be the greatest curler of all time.[5][6][7][8][9] He is also known for his rivalries with Randy Ferbey/David Nedohin, the best Alberta provincial rivalry ever as the two teams were generally regarded the best in the world from 2002 to 2006; his rivalry with Jeff Stoughton, perhaps the most famous all prairies rivalry ever which spanned over 2 decades from 1991 to 2014; with Glenn Howard from 2007 to 2014, perhaps the best two team rivalry in Canadian curling history, and his rivalry with Sweden's Peja Lindholm from 1997 to 2006, perhaps the best ever men's Canada-Europe rivalry.
Over his 30-year curling career, he won four
During his career, Martin also served as a major influence in the development of the sport of curling, establishing the competitive tier in the sport and setting the groundwork for the management of curling teams and the creation of high-level competitive curling events.[11] He is also known for contributing to the growth of curling, long known as a recreational and participant-based sport, as a spectator sport. Martin retired from competitive curling in 2014.[12] In 2019, Martin was named the greatest Canadian male skip in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.[13]
Career
Junior career
Martin began curling when he was six years old. He took up the sport because his father was the vice president of his local curling club.[14] Martin first came on the curling scene in 1985 when his Alberta team of Richard Feeney, Dan Petryk and Michael Berger won the 1985 Canadian Junior Championship in their first year together as a team. The rink (a group of players) finished the round robin in second place, with a win–loss record of 7–4, behind Prince Edward Island's Kent Scales.[15] This forced them into a semifinal against the third place Quebec rink, skipped by Steve Gagnon. They beat Quebec 5–4, earning a spot in the final against Prince Edward Island which they won with a score of 6–3. After winning the championship, he accompanied the Canadian team as an alternate at the 1985 World Junior Curling Championships.[16]
By winning the 1985 Canadian junior championship, the team qualified for the following season's (1986) World Juniors. The team went undefeated through the round robin and won their semifinal match against Sweden.[17] However, in the final, they came up short, losing 7–6 to the Scottish team skipped by David Aitken.[18]
Early career
Five years out of the
His 1991 Brier victory also earned him a spot at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where curling was just a demonstration sport at the time. Martin won all three of his round robin games[22] before losing the semifinal to Switzerland with a score of 4–8 and losing to the United States with a score of 2–9 in the bronze medal match.
In 1992, Martin won his second provincial championship. His team went 8–3 once again at the 1992 Labatt Brier, tying them in second place with Ontario.[23] However, in the semifinal, the Ontario rink, skipped by Russ Howard, defeated Martin's team by 7–4.
Martin's first World Curling Tour event was the 1993 Players' Championship, then known as the "Seagrams VO Cup". His first WCT event win came the following season at the 1993 Kelowna Cashspiel. Later that season he won the 1994 Players' Championship, which has been retroactively considered his first Slam win, even through the event occurred long before the Grand Slam series began.
1995–1999
After his two Brier seasons, Martin did not win the provincial title again until 1995. In the meantime, he had made some line-up changes in his team, and by the
In 1995, Martin replaced Park and Pahl with Don Walchuk and Shawn Broda, respectively. Martin won his fourth provincial title, sending him to the 1996 Labatt Brier. The team placed first after the round robin, finishing with a 10–1 win–loss record. However, in the page playoff 1 vs. 2 game, he lost to Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton. In the semifinal, Martin rebounded with a win over Quebec, but the rematch against Stoughton in the final resulted in a loss in an extra end, which Stoughton stole after a light draw by Martin to win the game 8–7.[26][27]
In 1996, Broda was replaced by
In 1997, Martin looked to represent Canada at the Olympics once again. The 1998 Winter Olympics would mark the first time curling would be an official medal sport at the games. At the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, Martin's rink finished with a 6–3 win–loss record, tied in second place with Ed Werenich. Martin knocked off Werenich in the semifinal but lost to the then little known Mike Harris in the final with a score of 6–5.[32] For the next few years, Martin would fail to make it back to the Brier. In 1998, Martin won his second Players' Championship of his career, then known as the "Apolla World Curling Tour Championship".
1999–2006
In 1999, Martin dropped Ramcharan, who was embroiled by a scandal where he botched organizing a bonspiel, and replaced him with Carter Rycroft, an upstart junior curler.[33] In 2000, Martin won his sixth provincial title, defeating Frank Morissette 4–2 in the final.[34] However, the 2000 Labatt Brier would be a flop for the team, which finished with a 6–5 win–loss record out of the playoffs. A week later, Martin capped the season off by winning his third Players' Championship.
Following a failed bid to win the 2001 Alberta championship, the team then boycotted the Brier,
At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Martin lost just one round robin matchup and qualified for the playoffs. In the semifinal, Martin knocked off Sweden's Peja Lindholm by a score of 6–4, breaking a long losing streak to his main nemesis.[37] In the final, Martin faced Norway, skipped by Pål Trulsen. Early on Martin fell behind 3–0 with Trulsen's team taking steals of 1 and 2, forcing Kevin into extremely difficult final shots due to their dominant and aggressive front end play. Team Martin steadied themselves and climbed to 5–5 with hammer going into the final end however. In the final end, Martin had a simple draw against one Norway rock to win, identical to his successful draw in the Olympic Trials final vs Kerry Burtnyk, which he missed, giving Trulsen the win with a score of 6–5.[38] As a result, Norway clinched the gold medal, and Martin, representing Canada, won his third international silver.
Due to the boycott, Martin's rink would not win another provincial title until 2006. In the meantime, the team had amassed five Grand Slam titles and won the 2005 Canada Cup of Curling.[39]
Martin played in his third
2006–2013
On April 26, 2006 Martin announced the breakup of his long-time, Olympic silver medallist team of lead Don Bartlett, second Carter Rycroft and third Don Walchuk. The team had disappointed at the 2005 Trials, had not won a single Grand Slam title in the 2005–06 season, and topped it off by finishing fourth at the Brier. Martin replaced Walchuk, Rycroft and Bartlett with World Junior Champion skip John Morris at third, Marc Kennedy at second and Ben Hebert at lead.[35][43] His new team won the 2007 Alberta provincials, defeating Team Kevin Koe in the final, 9–7 after Team Koe fourth Blake MacDonald missed two draws to win.[44] This sent the team to their first Brier, where they finished the round robin with an 8–3 win–loss record in second place, tied with Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador. The new team struggled at the 2007 Brier in Hamilton, and lost in the 3 vs. 4 game to Jeff Stoughton, 6–3.[45] Despite their Brier failure, however, the season was a success on the World Curling Tour, where they won three of the four Grand Slams. During the 2006–07 and 2007–08 curling seasons, Martin and his team won an unprecedented five consecutive Grand Slams,[46] three in the 2006–07 season[47] and two in the 2007–08 season.
The team won their second straight provincials in 2008, sending them to the
The 2008–09 season would be almost as successful for Martin. He once again qualified for the Brier, winning the
Martin's team directly qualified for the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in his hometown of Edmonton. In his fourth Trials, Martin lost just one round robin game. After defeating the previously undefeated Glenn Howard rink in his final round robin game,[58] Martin got a bye to the final, which was against Howard, whom he defeated 7–3. With the win, Martin earned the right to represent Canada for the second time at the Olympics.[59] After the Olympic Trials, Martin's rink failed to qualify for the playoffs at the 2010 Swiss Chalet National. This would mark the first time Martin failed to make the playoffs at a Grand Slam since 2003. However, they proved they were worthy to represent Canada at the Olympics by winning the 2010 BDO Classic Canadian Open two weeks later.
At the
It took the Martin rink until December 2010 to win another major bonspiel. Martin claimed another Slam by winning the National again over Jeff Stoughton.[64][65][66] However, he was defeated by Stoughton in the quarterfinal of the Canadian Open.
Martin made his eleventh appearance at the Brier playing for Alberta, after defeating Kevin Koe in the final of the provincials. He went through the round robin with a 9–2 win–loss record, and had some trouble during the round robin after losing crucial games to Manitoba and Newfoundland/Labrador in less than 10 ends. After a close win over Glenn Howard in the round robin, Martin dropped a 4–5 decision to Howard after he missed a crucial shot in the 3 vs. 4 game of the playoffs,[67] and he lost the bronze medal game to Brad Gushue 10–5,[68] playing without second Marc Kennedy, because Kennedy and his wife were expecting a child. Martin finished the 2010–11 season by winning his record 7th Players' Championship.
Martin's first event of the
Martin then went to
Martin began his
At the
2013–2014
A few weeks after Morris announced his departure from the team, Martin announced that David Nedohin, the fourth player on his former provincial rival Randy Ferbey's team, would join Martin's team.[79] Martin and team won their first event of the season at the Shoot-Out. They made the semifinals in their next event at the Point Optical Curling Classic, but Martin injured his back during the semifinal game. Jeff Sharp subbed in at lead, and Martin's team finished the event as runners-up to Jeff Stoughton. After winning the final of the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic over Brock Virtue and posting a semifinals finish at the Cactus Pheasant Classic, Martin played in the Masters Grand Slam, finishing the round robin with a 3–1 win–loss record. He proceeded to win his games over Kevin Koe and Liu Rui before reaching the final, where he played a close game with Glenn Howard until Howard pulled away with the win.[80]
Martin attempted to qualify for his fourth Olympics appearance through the
After starting off the
Martin will become a curling analyst for
Legacy
During his playing career, Martin greatly influenced the evolution of the sport of curling into a competitive sport. He was an instrumental part of the group that brought about the
Career statistics
Grand Slam record
Key | |
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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 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
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Masters
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QF | C | SF | QF | F | SF | QF | QF | QF | QF | SF | SF
|
F
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Canadian Open
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SF | C | SF | C | SF | C | C
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F | C | QF | QF | DNP | QF |
The National
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DNP | SF | DNP | C | QF | C | C | SF | Q | C | F | SF | QF |
Players'
|
SF | Q | F | C | F
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C
|
F
|
SF
|
C
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C | SF | Q | C |
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1984–85 | Kevin Martin | Richard Feeney | Dan Petryk | Michael Berger | 1985 CJCC |
1985–86 | Kevin Martin | Richard Feeney | Dan Petryk | Michael Berger | 1986 WJCC |
1988–87[88] | Kevin Martin | Rob Sand | Lyle Horneland | Ken Harke | 1987 CCAA
|
1987–88[89] | Kevin Martin | Richard Feeney | Dan Petryk | Ralph Brust | |
1989–90[90] | Kevin Martin | Kevin Park | Dan Petryk | Brian Nolin | |
1990–91 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Park | Dan Petryk | Don Bartlett | 1991 WCC
|
1991–92 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Park | Dan Petryk | Don Bartlett | 1992 OG, Alta., Brier |
1992–93[91] | Kevin Martin | Brad Hannah | Dan Petryk | Ken Tralnberg | |
1993–94 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Park | Ken Tralnberg | Don Bartlett | 1994 Alta. |
1994–95 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Park | James Pahl | Don Bartlett | 1995 Alta., Brier |
1995–96 | Kevin Martin | Randy Ferbey[a] Don Walchuk |
Don Walchuk Shawn Broda[a] |
Don Bartlett | 1996 Alta., Brier |
1996–97 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Rudy Ramcharan | Don Bartlett | 1997 WCC
|
1997–98 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Rudy Ramcharan | Don Bartlett | 1997 COCT |
1998–99 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Rudy Ramcharan | Don Bartlett | |
1999–00 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | 2000 Alta., Brier |
2000–01 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | 2001 Alta. |
2001–02 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | 2001 COCT, 2002 OG |
2002–03 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | |
2003–04 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | 2004 Alta. |
2004–05 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | 2005 CC
|
2005–06 | Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | 2005 CC, Brier
|
2006–07 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2007 CC, Brier
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2007–08 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2008 Alta., CC, Brier, WCC |
2008–09 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2009 Alta., CC, Brier, WCC |
2009–10 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2009 COCT, 2010 OG |
2010–11 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2010 CC, 2011 Alta., Brier |
2011–12 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2011 CC, 2012 Alta. |
2012–13 | Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2012 CC, 2013 Alta., Brier |
2013–14 | Kevin Martin | David Nedohin | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | 2013 COCT, 2014 Alta. |
Kevin Martin | Marc Kennedy | David Nedohin | Ben Hebert |
Awards
- World Junior Curling Championships All-Star skip: 1986
- Hec Gervais Award (BrierMVP): 1997, 2009
- Brier Shot of the Week Award: 1997
- Brier first all-star team skip: 1996, 2008, 2009
- Brier second all-star team skip: 2006, 2007
- World Curling Tour (WCT) MVP: 2008–09
- WCT Team of the Year: 2008–09
- WCT MVP: 2009–10
Personal life
Martin is married to Shauna Martin and has three children, Karrick, Kalycia, and Mykaela.[93] Karrick curls competitively, most recently as the alternate for his father at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, and as the lead for Brendan Bottcher, winner of the 2017 Alberta men's championship to represent the province at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, with Kevin as coach.[94]
Martin is the owner and operator of Kevin's Rocks-n-Racquets, a curling supply shop located at the
Martin has a degree in petroleum engineering technology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), which he earned upon graduating in 1987. He also curled at NAIT under the tutelage of coach Jules Owchar, who has coached Martin since they met at NAIT. Martin also received an honorary bachelor's degree in technology management in 2010, and received the Alumni Award of Distinction in 2011 for his achievements in curling.[96]
Martin is very invested in building the future of the game of curling. He regularly runs curling academies at the Saville Sports Centre. Each summer he organizes a curling camp for junior players called the "Kevin Martin Summer Curling Academy". The Academy is targeted at elite junior players looking to take their game to a higher level.[97] Martin has also created a mobile app with purchasable content, which includes drills and tips aimed at helping curlers improve their game.
Notes
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External links
- Kevin Martin at World Curling
- Kevin Martin at Olympedia
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kevin Martin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Curling Scoops Team Profile Page
- Kevin Martin's relationship with coach Jules Owchar
- Video: 1991 World Men's Curling Championship, final, Canada (Kevin Martin) vs Scotland (David Smith) on YouTube