Kurtis Goller

Kurtis Goller
Curler
Born (1997-03-07) March 7, 1997 (age 27)
High River, Alberta
Team
Curling clubThe Glencoe Club,
Calgary, AB[1]
Curling career
Member Association Alberta
Brier appearances1 (2023)
Top CTRS ranking6th (2022–23)

Kurtis Goller (born March 7, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.[2][3]

Career

In 2015, Goller represented Alberta at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, playing second for the Owen Goerzen rink. The team went 2–3 through the round robin before losing to Prince Edward Island in a tiebreaker, eliminating them from contention.[4]

Goller won the Alberta Junior Curling Championships in 2017 with his team of Colton Goller at skip, Tyler Lautner at third and Nicholas Rabl at lead.[5] This qualified the team to represent Alberta at the 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, held January 21–29 in Esquimalt, British Columbia. After going 4–2 through the round robin, the team went 2–5 in the championship pool, finishing the event in seventh place.[6] After taking the next season off, Goller joined the Jeremy Harty rink at lead for the 2018–19 season. During their first season together, Team Harty won their first World Curling Tour event at the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic.[7] At the 2019 Boston Pizza Cup, the team just missed qualifying for the playoffs, losing the C Qualifier game to Karsten Sturmay.[8] Team Harty did manage to beat eventual champions Team Kevin Koe in the second game of the tournament, however.[9]

The 2019–20 season was Team Harty's most successful season to date.[10] The team began their season with two straight wins at both the Avonair Cash Spiel and the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, defending their title from 2018.[11] They then won the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in November 2019 and the College Clean Restoration Curling Classic in December 2019.[12] The team, however, could not carry this momentum into the provincial championship, as they finished with a 3–2 record at the 2020 Boston Pizza Cup, just outside of the playoffs once again.[13]

During the abbreviated 2020–21 season, Team Harty was able to play in four tour events. Their best finish came at the ATB Banff Classic where they won three straight games against Brendan Bottcher, Karsten Sturmay and Kevin Koe to claim the event title.[14] They also competed in the ATB Okotoks Classic where they lost in the semifinal to Team Bottcher, the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic where they lost in the quarterfinals and the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic where they failed to reach the playoffs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. Because of this, Curling Alberta got to decide the team that would represent Alberta at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier. There was some question on who Curling Alberta would choose as their provincial representatives as Team Bottcher were the reigning provincial champions but Team Harty were leading in the Alberta points tour.[15] If the association chose Team Harty to represent Alberta, there would be three Alberta teams qualified for the national championship as both Bottcher and Kevin Koe would qualify as two of the three Wild Card teams. Curling Alberta, however, chose Team Bottcher to represent Alberta at the Brier, ending Team Harty's chances of potentially competing in their first national championship.[16] The following season, Harty and his team did have enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials for a chance to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.[17] At the Pre-Trials, the team finished with a disappointing 0–6 record.[18]

Personal life

Goller is employed as a Project Leader at NCS Multistage.[2]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2011–12[19] Colton Goller Tyler Lautner Kurtis Goller Nicholas Rabl
2012–13 Colton Goller Tyler Lautner Kurtis Goller Nicholas Rabl
2014–15 Colton Goller Tyler Lautner Kurtis Goller Nicholas Rabl
2015–16 Colton Goller Tyler Lautner Kurtis Goller Nicholas Rabl
2016–17 Colton Goller Tyler Lautner Kurtis Goller Nicholas Rabl
2018–19 Jeremy Harty Kyler Kleibrink Joel Berger Kurtis Goller
2019–20 Jeremy Harty Kyler Kleibrink Joel Berger Kurtis Goller
2020–21 Jeremy Harty Kyler Kleibrink Joshua Kiist Kurtis Goller
2021–22 Jeremy Harty Kyler Kleibrink Joshua Kiist Kurtis Goller
2022–23 Karsten Sturmay Kyle Doering Kurtis Goller Glenn Venance
2023–24 Karsten Sturmay Kyle Doering Glenn Venance Kurtis Goller

References

  1. ^ "Kurtis Goller Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Team Harty". Curling Alberta. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Charlotte MacAulay (February 19, 2015). "PEI Curlers head to quarter finals at 2015 Canada Games". The Eastern Graphic. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Junior Men" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "British Columbia men taking aim at gold at 2017 Canadian Junior Championships". Curling Canada. January 27, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "Jeremy Harty wins McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Terry Jones (February 9, 2019). "Top four seeds make it to semifinals of Boston Pizza Cup". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Terry Jones (February 7, 2019). "Kevin Koe upset on opening day of Boston Pizza Cup". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "Harty quietly rising through Alberta curling ranks". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "WCT Recap: Team Einarson win second event of season in Calgary". TSN. October 16, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  12. ^ Kevin Mitchell (December 2, 2019). "Korte drops WCT final to Harty, while continuing to prepare for world seniors". Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  13. ^ Terry Jones (February 7, 2020). "JONES: Fresh faces abound at Alberta Boston Pizza Cup". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  14. ^ Jordan Small (October 18, 2020). "Jeremy Harty completes comeback to upset Kevin Koe at ATB Banff Classic". RMO Today. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  15. ^ Devin Heroux (January 8, 2021). "Curling Alberta cancels provincial championships". CBC Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  16. ^ "Team Harty disappointed with Curling Alberta decision, WC chances slim". TSN. January 19, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  17. ^ Gregory Strong (October 24, 2021). "A capsule look at the 14-team men's field for the Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  18. ^ "Picture Perfect Paul!". Curling Canada. October 29, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  19. ^ "Kurtis Goller Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 5, 2021.