Ryan Harnden
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| World Championship appearances | 2 (2013, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 1st (2013–14; 2019–20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 7 (2015 Players', 2016 National, 2017 Champions Cup, 2018 Tour Challenge, 2019 Tour Challenge, 2019 National, 2020 Canadian Open) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Harnden (born June 28, 1986) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays lead on Team Matt Dunstone. He is the former lead for the Brad Jacobs rink, with whom he represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal.
Career
Early career
Ryan joined forces with his father
2010–2012
During the 2010–11 season, the team played in two Grand Slams. They first played in the 2010 World Cup of Curling, where they finished 2–3. The team also played in the 2011 Players' Championship, but Harnden sat the event out, and was replaced by Ted Appelman. That season, the team would then go on to win their second straight provincial title, by winning The Dominion 2011 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship. While they had a decent 7–4 record at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, it was not enough to make the playoffs, and they had to settle for 5th. For the 2011–12 season, the team entered two Slams, the 2011 World Cup of Curling where they had a 2–3 record) and the 2011 BDO Canadian Open where they made the playoffs for the first time, but lost in the quarter-final. The team would then go on to win The Dominion 2012 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship, their third straight title. At the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, they once again finished 5th, but with a worse 5–6 record.
2012–2014
The
2014–2019
Following their Olympic success, the Jacobs rink once again made it to the Brier
At the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, the Jacobs rink once again tore through the round robin, going undefeated to finish in first place. However, they ran into trouble in the playoffs, losing to Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1 vs. 2 game and to Alberta in the semifinal. They did rebound in the bronze medal game, defeating Manitoba to finish third overall.
The 2016–17 season would be the best to date for the Jacobs rink on the World Curling Tour, winning two slams, the 2016 Boost National and the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup. At the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, the team would once again make the playoffs, after posting an 8-3 round robin record. However, they lost both of their playoff games, settling for fourth place.
The Jacobs team played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials attempting to head to the Olympics again, but his team would finish with a disappointing 3–5 record, missing the playoffs. The team again represented Northern Ontario at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, making it to the playoffs with an 8–3 record, but lost to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher rink in the 3 vs. 4 game.
The next season, the Jacobs rink won the 2018 Tour Challenge Grand Slam event. A month later, the team won the 2018 Canada Cup, their first Canada Cup title, defeating Kevin Koe's rink in the final. The team had Marc Kennedy playing third, filling in for Ryan Fry, who was on sabbatical following unsportsmanlike behaviour and excessive drinking at the 2018 Red Deer Curling Classic.[1] The team once again represented Northern Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier. The team went 9-2 in the round robin and championship round combined. Jacobs lost the 1 vs. 2 game to Kevin Koe and the semifinal to Brendan Bottcher resulting in the team getting the bronze medal.[2]
2019–present
The following season, the team officially added Kennedy to the line-up at third with Fry going to play with John Epping. In their first event, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, the team went undefeated up until the final where they would lose to former teammate Fry and Team Epping. Team Jacobs won three straight Grand Slam events, at the Tour Challenge, National and the Canadian Open. They would win the 2020 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship for the sixth year in a row. At the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, they battled through two tiebreakers before losing to Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue in the 3 vs. 4 game, all within the same day. 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.[3]
Team Jacobs played in two tour events during the
Personal life
Harnden is the son of three-time Northern Ontario champion Eric Harnden. He attended Sault College (where he received a business diploma), the University of British Columbia (for real estate appraisal) and Algoma University (geography).[6] He is married[7] to Jasmine Gassi.[8] He is currently employed as a sales representative for Royal LePage and has been a substitute teacher with the Algoma District School Board.[9]
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
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| 2006–07 | Ryan Harnden | Clint Cudmore | Johnny Miners | Steve Molodowich |
| 2007–08 | Eric Harnden | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Caleb Flaxey |
| 2008–09 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Caleb Flaxey |
| 2009–10 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Caleb Flaxey |
| 2010–11 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Scott Seabrook |
| 2011–12 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Scott Seabrook |
| 2012–13 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2013–14 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2014–15 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2015–16 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2016–17 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2017–18 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2018–19 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2019–20 | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2020–21[10] | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2021–22 | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
| 2022–23 | Matt Dunstone | B. J. Neufeld | Colton Lott | Ryan Harnden |
| 2023–24 | Matt Dunstone | B. J. Neufeld | Colton Lott | Ryan Harnden |
References
- ^ Strong, Gregory (December 3, 2018). "Marc Kennedy filling in for Ryan Fry as Team Jacobs heads to Canada Cup - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Kevin Koe captures 4th Brier title with 10th-end magic | CBC Sports".
- ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ The Canadian Press (December 21, 2020). "Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns". TSN. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Scores, schedule, standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Team Jacobs :: About Us". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials: Media Guide
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "2020–21 Men's Curling Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
External links
- Ryan Harnden at World Curling
- Ryan Harnden at Olympedia
- Ryan Harnden at the Canadian Olympic Committee
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