Russ Howard
Russ Howard
Russell W. "Russ" Howard, CM, ONLis a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour. Known for his gravelly voice, Howard has been to the Brier 14 times, winning the title twice. He is also a two-time world champion, winning in 1987 and 1993. He has also participated in two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, and two Canadian Senior Curling Championships. Russ Howard was inducted into...
ProfessionCurler
Date of Birth19 February 1956
ask kids level nice playing rare
Even in curling, it's pretty rare to be playing at that level and it was so nice of the kids to ask me to play with them.
cent ceremonies olympian opening per realize rest win
To get over there and to be part of the opening ceremonies and realize you are an Olympian for the rest of your life, and no one can take that away is, to me, 90 per cent of the experience. If we win a medal, that's a bonus.
brad game games prepare student teams
Brad is a student of the game and this is a very well-prepared young team. Usually young teams have a lot of flaws, in how they prepare for the games and strategy, but not these guys.
busy dinner haircut hoped monday practiced relaxing today
I got my haircut and was so busy I didn't end up getting dinner on Monday night. We practiced today and now we're back out on the road. So it wasn't as relaxing as I hoped it would be for a 50-year-old.
beat couple
I beat him by a couple of weeks. That's really neat.
olympian proud
But that didn't matter. She was still an Olympian and part of our family. We were pretty proud of her.
drive home might mother rest
So I said to myself, if I was going to drive two hours, I might as well go home and see my mother and the rest of the family.
number
Number one by a mile, baby. No question.
heard list short
When I heard I was on the short list to be selected, I thought that was pretty cool.
exciting
The 10th end man, exciting - a real finish.
along best canada deserved easy gold happy line medal somewhere won
It is huge. It is easy to gloat after you have won but Canada has the most depth, the best depth. Canada deserved a gold medal somewhere along the line and I'm just so happy it was us.
best hard start teams
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. As you've just seen, it's hard to know who is going to be your best representative and once you start narrowing the teams down, it makes it a little tougher.
beat game hand hit jackets jeff logos olympic pressures trials trying win
It hit me after we beat Jeff Stoughton at the Olympic Trials in Halifax. There, you are trying to win a big game and the pressures that go with that. After you win, there you are on the podium, and they hand you the jackets and scarves with the Olympic logos on them. That's when I said to myself that this was pretty cool.
finals good looking montreal son trying won
I was curling with my son (Steven) trying to get to the Brier. We had a good year, we made 12 finals and won a big bonspiel in Montreal and so things were looking good.