Canada's Greatest Curlers: Martin the runaway winner for greatest skip. MORE:
The"Years" column is the range of seasons from their first gold medal at an Olympics/Worlds/Brier to their last. If they're still active, the second year will be 2019.Kevin Martin announced himself to the curling world by winning the first Brier for which he qualified. In 1991 in Hamilton, the curler known as K-Mart, led his team to the first of four Canadian titles. He would go on to become one of the most decorated skips in the game’s history.
Perhaps the pinnacle of Martin’s career came in 2010 when his team of Ben Hebert, Marc Kennedy and John Morris played near-flawless games en route to Olympic gold at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. He skipped rinks to 14 Briers, winning on two occasions and finishing runner-up three times. He also captured the world championship twice.
He was also the creator of a game change known as the"Moncton Rule," which eventually became the free-guard zone. That took the game from a boring, defensive-style sport into a crowd-pleasing offence-minded contest.After taking up curling simply as a way to pass the Saskatchewan winters, Ernie Richardson became the greatest skip of his generation and the game’s first true star.
Richardson skipped a team that included his younger brother Sam as well as cousins Arnold and Wes. A student of the game, the six-foot-four skip learned the nuances of strategy and gradually became comfortable throwing the big shot that would determine whether the squad won or lost.
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