Kristin MacCuish

Kristin MacCuish (born December 8, 1992) is a Canadian curler from Landmark, Manitoba. She currently plays lead on Team Tracy Fleury.[1]

Kristin MacCuish
Curler
Born (1992-12-08) December 8, 1992
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Team
Curling clubEast St. Paul CC,
East St. Paul, MB
SkipTracy Fleury
ThirdSelena Njegovan
SecondLiz Fyfe
LeadKristin MacCuish
Career
Member Association Manitoba
Hearts appearances4 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Top CTRS ranking2nd (2019–20)
Grand Slam victories2 (2016 National, 2019 Masters)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Manitoba
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2013 Kingston
Representing Team Wild Card
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2018 Penticton

Career

Juniors and University (2011–2013)

MacCuish played second for Team Manitoba at the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, on a team skipped by Shannon Birchard. The team finished first after the round robin, but lost in the final to Team Alberta, skipped by Jocelyn Peterman. The next season, MacCuish and third Selena Kaatz left the Birchard rink to form their own team at the Manitoba Junior provincials but lost to their former skip in the final.

Early women's (2013–2015)

MacCuish joined Kerri Einarson's team in 2013. In their first season, they played in one slam, the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic (not qualifying) and the 2014 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing in the final to Team Chelsea Carey. That season, MacCuish was invited to play for the Jennifer Jones rink (Team Manitoba) at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the team's alternate. MacCuish played in two games, and threw four rocks in total. The team would finish in second place.

The next season the Einarson team again lost in the final of Manitoba Hearts, losing this time to Team Jennifer Jones.

Breakthrough season and Olympic pre-trials (2015–2018)

The 2015-16 curling season would be the breakthrough year for the Einarson rink. The team begun the season by winning the Tier 2 event of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge. The team finally won the Manitoba Scotties in 2016, and represented Manitoba at the national 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, the team would make the playoffs, but would end up losing in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth place. Elsewhere on the World Curling Tour, the team would play in four slams, making it to the semifinals at three events.

The team played in their first Canada Cup in 2016, losing in the semifinals. On the Tour, the team played in five Grand Slams, and would win their first title at the 2016 Boost National. At the 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team failed to make the playoffs.

The Einarson rink qualified for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials, but would lose in a tiebreaker game. On the tour, the team would win the 2017 Icebreaker at The Granite and would make it to the finals of the 2017 Masters of Curling. They qualified for the first ever Wild Card game at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they beat Chelsea Carey for the right to represent "Team Wild Card" that year at the Scotties. They finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9–2 record which qualified them for the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game. They lost to Team Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) but rebounded against Nova Scotia's Mary-Anne Arsenault in the semifinal. They couldn't get by Jones in the final, settling for a silver medal. They finished their season with a semifinal finish at the 2018 Players' Championship and a runner-up finish at the 2018 Champions Cup.

Tracy Fleury joins the team (2018–present)

MacCuish would stay with Selena Njegovan and Liz Fyfe for the 2018–19 season but would bring on a new skip, Tracy Fleury for the 2019–2022 Olympic quadrennial.[2] Fleury is from Sudbury and would play as their designated out-of-province curler.[3] The team had a nearly full schedule in Grand Slam events, beginning the season at the Elite 10, where they missed the playoffs after winning just one game. Next, they made it to the quarterfinals of the 2018 Masters, which they followed up by making it to the finals of the 2018 Tour Challenge, where they lost to Rachel Homan.[4] Outside of the Grand Slam tour, they were invited to represent Canada at the second leg of the Curling World Cup, which they finished with a 4–2 record, narrowly missing the final.[5] The following week they were back into a Grand Slam event, the 2018 National, where they won just one game.[6] The following month, the team played in the 2019 Canadian Open, again missing the playoffs. The team found success in provincial playdowns, winning the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeating her old skip Kerri Einarson 13–7 in the final to represent Manitoba at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[7][8] A week after provincials, the team played in at the 2019 TSN All-Star Curling Skins Game where they lost to Jennifer Jones by $4,000 in the final.[9] The team did earn $32,500 during the tournament.[10] At the Hearts, Manitoba went 4–3 record in pool play, but lost to British Columbia's Sarah Wark rink in a tiebreaker to get into the championship pool, which eliminated the team from contention.[11] They finished the season off by making it to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Players' Championship.[12]

To start the 2019–20 season, Fleury and her team finished fourth at the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic.[13] Later that month, they won the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.[14] Next they played in the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic where they qualified for the playoffs as the eighth seed. They upset number one seed Silvana Tirinzoni 7–5 in the quarterfinal and Rachel Homan 5–4 in the semifinal before losing the final to Jennifer Jones.[15] Two weeks later, they played in the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic where they went undefeated until the final where they came up short to Homan.[16] Team Fleury had two more playoff finishes at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic, where they lost in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.[17][18] Their next event was the first Grand Slam of the season, the 2019 Masters where they qualified for the playoffs with a 3–1 record. With wins over Elena Stern in the quarterfinals and Anna Hasselborg in the semifinal, Team Fleury made their second Grand Slam final since forming. They would be successful this time, defeating Sayaka Yoshimura to claim the Grand Slam title.[19] The next week, they had a quarterfinal finish at the second Slam of the season, the 2019 Tour Challenge. At the Canada Cup, the Fleury team once again had a successful run, qualifying for the playoffs with a 5–1 record. They downed Chelsea Carey 9–4 in the semifinal before coming up short to Rachel Homan in the final.[20] Team Fleury capped off the 2019 part of the season with a semifinal finish at the 2019 Boost National Grand Slam. This meant they qualified for the playoffs in all ten of the events they played in to start the season. To start 2020, the Fleury rink along with five other Canadian rinks, represented Canada at the 2020 Continental Cup. Team Canada did not have a good week, losing to the European's by fifteen points.[21] They missed the playoffs for the first time during the season when they were knocked out of the triple knockout format at the 2020 Canadian Open. At the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial championship, Team Fleury lost the semifinal to Jennifer Jones.[22] They did have another chance to qualify for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts through the Wild Card play in game which they also lost to Jones.[23] 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.[24]

Personal life

Her aunt is Olympic gold medalist Jill Officer, who played second on Team Jennifer Jones.[25] She is currently a student at the University of Manitoba and is in a relationship with fellow curler Rob Gordon.[1]

Grand Slam record
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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters SF Q F QF C
Tour Challenge T2 Q T2 F QF
The National Q C Q Q SF
Canadian Open DNP Q Q Q Q
Players' SF DNP SF QF N/A
Champions Cup SF Q F DNP N/A

Former events
Event 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q
Colonial Square Q DNP N/A N/A N/A N/A

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead
2009–10[26] Alyssa CalvertSelena KaatzKristin MacCuishLindsay Baldock
2010–11 Selena Kaatz (fourth)Alyssa Calvert (skip)Kristin MacCuishLindsay Baldock
2011–12 Shannon BirchardSelena KaatzKristin MacCuishMariah Mondor
2012–13 Selena KaatzBriane MeilleurKristin MacCuishKatherine Doerksen
2013–14 Kerri EinarsonSelena KaatzLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish
2014–15 Kerri EinarsonSelena KaatzLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish
2015–16 Kerri EinarsonSelena KaatzLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish
2016–17 Kerri EinarsonSelena KaatzLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish
2017–18 Kerri EinarsonSelena KaatzLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish
2018–19 Tracy FleurySelena NjegovanLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish
2019–20 Tracy FleurySelena NjegovanLiz FyfeKristin MacCuish

References
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  2. "Fleury ready for new chapter skipping new Manitoba team". Grand Slam of Curling. February 17, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. "Sudbury curler ready to compete at the Scotties with Team Manitoba". CBC Sports. January 29, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  4. "Homan claims Tour Challenge to win 8th GSOC title". Grand Slam of Curling. November 11, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  5. "Curling World Cup Second Leg - Teams". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  6. Jonathan Brazeau (December 13, 2018). "Fleury fends off Fujisawa for first win at Boost National". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  7. "Fleury tops Einarson for Manitoba title after furious rally". Sportsnet. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. "2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curl Manitoba. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  9. "2019 TSN All-Star Curling Skins Game". TSN. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  10. "Jones wins third straight TSN Skins Game". TSN. February 3, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  11. "British Columbia's Wark readjusting goals after qualifying for Scotties championship pool". Curling Canada. February 21, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  12. Jonathan Brazeau (April 13, 2019). "Einarson fends off Fleury in Players' Championship quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  13. "2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  14. "2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  15. Jonathan Brazeau (September 15, 2019). "Jennifer Jones, John Epping win Shorty Jenkins Classic titles". Sportsnet. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  16. "WCT Recap: Team Homan win Colonial in Saskatoon". TSN. October 1, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  17. "Team Fleury 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic Semifinalists". Facebook. Team Tracy Fleury. October 15, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  18. "Team Fleury 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic Quarterfinalists". Facebook. Team Tracy Fleury. October 20, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  19. Jonathan Brazeau (October 27, 2019). "Fleury fearless in securing 1st Grand Slam title at Masters". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  20. "Homan, Epping headed to Olympic trials after capturing Canada Cup titles". TSN. December 1, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  21. Kyle Brebner (January 13, 2020). "Europe wins the 2020 Continental Cup of Curling". 106.9 The X. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  22. "Eight-time champion Jones knocks off top seed Fleury to reach Manitoba women's curling final". Winnipeg Sun. February 2, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  23. "Jones edges Fleury to make main draw at Scotties". TSN. February 14, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  24. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  25. "Kristin MacCuish Profile". Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  26. "Kristin MacCuish past teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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