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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|14}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|14}}
| birth_place = [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]], [[Ontario]]
| birth_place = [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]], [[Ontario]]
| Curling club =
| Curling club = [[St. John's Curling Club|St. John's CC]], <br> [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| Skip = [[Brad Gushue]]
| Skip = [[Matt Dunstone]]
| Third = [[Mark Nichols (curler)|Mark Nichols]]
| Third = [[Colton Lott]]
| Second = '''E. J. Harnden'''
| Second = '''E. J. Harnden'''
| Lead = [[Geoff Walker (curler)|Geoff Walker]]
| Lead = [[Ryan Harnden]]
| Alternate =
| Alternate =
| Member Association = {{NO}} <br> {{NL}} (2022–present)
| Member Association = {{NO}} (2007–2022) <br> {{NL}} (2022–2024) <br> {{MB}} (2024–present)
| Brier appearances = 14 ({{Brier|2008}}, {{Brier|2010}}, {{Brier|2011}}, {{Brier|2012}}, {{Brier|2013}}, {{Brier|2015}}, {{Brier|2016}}, {{Brier|2017}}, {{Brier|2018}}, {{Brier|2019}}, {{Brier|2020}}, {{Brier|2021}}, {{Brier|2022}}, {{Brier|2023}})
| Brier appearances = 15 ({{Brier|2008}}, {{Brier|2010}}, {{Brier|2011}}, {{Brier|2012}}, {{Brier|2013}}, {{Brier|2015}}, {{Brier|2016}}, {{Brier|2017}}, {{Brier|2018}}, {{Brier|2019}}, {{Brier|2020}}, {{Brier|2021}}, {{Brier|2022}}, {{Brier|2023}}, {{Brier|2024}})
| World Championship appearances = 3 ({{WMCC|2013}}, {{WMCC|2022}}, {{WMCC|2023}})
| World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMCC|2013}}, {{WMCC|2022}}, {{WMCC|2023}}, {{WMCC|2024}})
| Olympic appearances = 1 ([[Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014]])
| Olympic appearances = 1 ([[Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014]])
| Pan Continental Championship appearances = 2 ({{PCCC|2022}}, {{PCCC|2023}})
| Pan Continental Championship appearances = 2 ({{PCCC|2022}}, {{PCCC|2023}})
| Top CCA ranking = 1st ([[2013–14 curling season|2013–14]]; [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20]], [[2022–23 curling season|2022–23]])
| Top CCA ranking = 1st ([[2013–14 curling season|2013–14]]; [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20]], [[2022–23 curling season|2022–23]], [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24]])
| Grand Slam victories = 8 ([[2015 Players' Championship]], [[2016 Boost National|2016 National]], [[2017 Humpty's Champions Cup|2017 Champions Cup]], [[2018 Tour Challenge]], [[2019 Tour Challenge]], [[2019 National]], [[2020 Canadian Open (curling)|2020 Canadian Open]], [[2022 National]])
| Grand Slam victories = 9 ([[2015 Players' Championship]], [[2016 Boost National|2016 National]], [[2017 Humpty's Champions Cup|2017 Champions Cup]], [[2018 Tour Challenge]], [[2019 Tour Challenge]], [[2019 National]], [[2020 Canadian Open (curling)|2020 Canadian Open]], [[2022 National]], [[2024 Players' Championship|2024 Players']])
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Curling]] }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Curling]] }}
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{{MedalSilver | [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship|2022 Las Vegas]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship|2022 Las Vegas]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2023 World Men's Curling Championship|2023 Ottawa]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2023 World Men's Curling Championship|2023 Ottawa]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2024 World Men's Curling Championship|2024 Schaffhausen]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Tim Hortons Brier]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[The Brier]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2023 Tim Hortons Brier|2023 London]] | }}
{{MedalGold| [[2023 Tim Hortons Brier|2023 London]] | }}
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{{MedalGold| [[2024 Montana's Brier|2024 Regina]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Continental Curling Championships|Pan Continental Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Continental Curling Championships|Pan Continental Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships|2022 Calgary]]| }}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships|2022 Calgary]]| }}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships|2023 Kelowna]]| }}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships|2023 Kelowna]]| }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Tim Hortons Brier]]}}
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{{MedalGold| [[2023 Tim Hortons Brier|2023 London]] | }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NO}} }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NO}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|Canadian Olympic Trials]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|Canadian Olympic Trials]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2013 Winnipeg]] | }}
{{MedalGold| [[2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2013 Winnipeg]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2021 Saskatoon]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2021 Saskatoon]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Tim Hortons Brier]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[The Brier]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[2013 Tim Hortons Brier|2013 Edmonton]] | }}
{{MedalGold| [[2013 Tim Hortons Brier|2013 Edmonton]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2015 Tim Hortons Brier|2015 Calgary]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2015 Tim Hortons Brier|2015 Calgary]] | }}
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'''Eric "E. J." Harnden, Jr.''' (born April 14, 1983) is a Canadian [[curling|curler]]. He currently throws second stones for the Canadian champion [[Brad Gushue]] rink.
'''Eric Christopher "E. J." Harnden, Jr.''' (born April 14, 1983)<ref name="birth">{{cite news|title=Harden|date=April 23, 1983|page=2|newspaper=Sault Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star/145355578/|access-date=April 14, 2024}}</ref> is a Canadian [[curling|curler]]. He currently plays [[Second (curling)|second]] on Team [[Matt Dunstone]].


==Career==
==Career==


===Early career===
===Early career===
Harnden is the son of three-time Northern Ontario champion [[Eric Harnden]], Sr. Harnden was a skip during his junior career, but joined forces with his father for the 2007–08 season, as his third. The team, which also included brother [[Ryan Harnden|Ryan]] and [[Caleb Flaxey]] at lead won [[the Dominion Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship]] that season, and would represent [[Northern Ontario]] at the [[2008 Tim Hortons Brier]]. The team would have an unsuccessful Brier, finishing with a 3–8 record. Following the season, Harnden joined forces with [[Brad Jacobs]], and has played with Jacobs ever since. He would play third for the team from 2008 to 2011 and then second since 2012, after [[Ryan Fry]] joined the team. In their first season together, the team lost in [[The Dominion 2009 Northern Ontario Provincial Men's Championship|the 2009 Northern Ontario]] final to [[Mike Jakubo (curler)|Mike Jakubo]]. The following season would be more successful. The team played in one [[Grand Slam (curling)|Grand Slam]], the [[2012 The National]] that season, Harnden's first. The team went 0–5. However, the team did win [[The Dominion 2010 Northern Ontario Provincial Men's Championship]] and had a tremendous Brier that season. At the [[2010 Tim Hortons Brier]], the team finished 2nd after the round robin with a 9–2 record. However, they lost both of their playoff games and would have to settle for a bronze medal.
Harnden is the son of three-time Northern Ontario champion [[Eric Harnden]], Sr. and Susan Hardnen.<ref name="birth"/> As a junior, he spared for [[Pierre Charette]] at the [[2002 M&M Meat Shops National]], which was played in his home town of Sault Ste. Marie.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reviews positive but Grand Slam's return no sure thing|date=February 4, 2002|page=6|newspaper=Sault Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star/160096923/|accessdate=December 1, 2024}}</ref> E. J. was a skip during his junior career, but joined forces with his father for the 2007–08 season, as his third. The team, which also included brother [[Ryan Harnden|Ryan]] and [[Caleb Flaxey]] at lead won [[the Dominion Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship]] that season, and would represent [[Northern Ontario]] at the [[2008 Tim Hortons Brier]]. The team would have an unsuccessful Brier, finishing with a 3–8 record. Following the season, Harnden joined forces with [[Brad Jacobs]], and has played with Jacobs ever since. He would play third for the team from 2008 to 2011 and then second since 2012, after [[Ryan Fry]] joined the team. In their first season together, the team lost in [[The Dominion 2009 Northern Ontario Provincial Men's Championship|the 2009 Northern Ontario]] final to [[Mike Jakubo (curler)|Mike Jakubo]]. The following season would be more successful. The team played in one [[Grand Slam (curling)|Grand Slam]], the [[2012 The National]] that season, Harnden's first. The team went 0–5. However, the team did win [[The Dominion 2010 Northern Ontario Provincial Men's Championship]] and had a tremendous Brier that season. At the [[2010 Tim Hortons Brier]], the team finished 2nd after the round robin with a 9–2 record. However, they lost both of their playoff games and would have to settle for a bronze medal.


===2010–2012===
===2010–2012===
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===2012–2014===
===2012–2014===
The [[2012–13 curling season|2012–13 season]] would be the team's best season to date. The team welcomed Manitoba-born Ryan Fry at the third position, bumping Harnden to play second. The team would make the playoffs in all three Slams they entered, losing in the quarterfinals of the [[2012 Masters of Curling]] and [[2013 The National]]. They made it to the final in their first ever slam at the [[2012 Canadian Open of Curling]] where they lost to the [[Glenn Howard]] rink. The team won [[The Dominion 2013 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship]] once again, qualifying for the Brier for the fourth straight year. At the Brier, the team finished the round robin with an 8–3 record, good enough for 4th. The team pulled off victories against Newfoundland and Labrador's [[Brad Gushue]], Ontario's Glenn Howard and Manitoba's [[Jeff Stoughton]] en route to win Northern Ontario's first Brier title in 28 years. The team would later represent Canada at the [[2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]] where they won a silver medal. The next season, the team won the [[2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]], earning them the right to represent Canada at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. At the Olympics in [[Sochi]], they led Canada to a 9–3 victory in the men's final, defeating Great Britain to claim the gold medal.
The [[2012–13 curling season|2012–13 season]] would be the team's best season to date. The team welcomed Manitoba-born Ryan Fry at the third position, bumping Harnden to play second. The team would make the playoffs in all three Slams they entered, losing in the quarterfinals of the [[2012 Masters of Curling]] and [[2013 The National]]. They made it to the final in their first ever slam at the [[2012 Canadian Open of Curling]] where they lost to the [[Glenn Howard]] rink. The team won [[The Dominion 2013 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship]] once again, qualifying for the Brier for the fourth straight year. At the Brier, the team finished the round robin with an 8–3 record, good enough for 4th. The team pulled off victories against Ontario's Glenn Howard and Manitoba's [[Jeff Stoughton]] en route to win Northern Ontario's first Brier title in 28 years. The team would later represent Canada at the [[2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]] where they won a silver medal. The next season, the team won the [[2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]], earning them the right to represent Canada at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. At the Olympics in [[Sochi]], they led Canada to a 9–3 victory in the men's final, defeating Great Britain to claim the gold medal.


===2014–2019===
===2014–2019===
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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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-marc-kennedy-filling-in-for-ryan-fry-as-team-jacobs-heads-to-canada/|title = Marc Kennedy filling in for Ryan Fry as Team Jacobs heads to Canada Cup|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|date = December 3, 2018|last1 = Strong|first1 = Gregory}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-marc-kennedy-filling-in-for-ryan-fry-as-team-jacobs-heads-to-canada/|title = Marc Kennedy filling in for Ryan Fry as Team Jacobs heads to Canada Cup|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|date = December 3, 2018|last1 = Strong|first1 = Gregory}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/brier-2019-bottcher-semifinal-recap-1.5050827| title = Kevin Koe captures 4th Brier title with 10th-end magic {{!}} CBC Sports}} </ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/brier-2019-bottcher-semifinal-recap-1.5050827| title = Kevin Koe captures 4th Brier title with 10th-end magic {{!}} CBC Sports}}</ref>


===2019–present===
===2019–2022===
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 of Curling|Grand Slam]] events, at the [[2019 Tour Challenge|Tour Challenge]], [[2019 National|National]] and the [[2020 Canadian Open (curling)|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 (curling)|Champions Cup]] Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/gsoc-cancels-remaining-events-of-2019-20-season/|title=GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season|website=Grand Slam of Curling|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
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 of Curling|Grand Slam]] events, at the [[2019 Tour Challenge|Tour Challenge]], [[2019 National|National]] and the [[2020 Canadian Open (curling)|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 (curling)|Champions Cup]] Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/gsoc-cancels-remaining-events-of-2019-20-season/|title=GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season|website=Grand Slam of Curling|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>


Team Jacobs played in two tour events during the [[2020–21 curling season|2020–21 season]], winning the [[Stu Sells Oakville Tankard]] and losing in the qualification game of the [[Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic]]. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario]], the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Jacobs was chosen to represent Northern Ontario at the [[2021 Tim Hortons Brier]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/scotties-bound-northern-ontario-s-krysta-burns-accepts-invite-for-national-playdowns-1.1567039|title=Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns|work=TSN|author=The Canadian Press|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref> At the Brier, they finished with a 7–5 record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2021-brier-scores-schedule-standings-results/|title=2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Scores, schedule, standings|website=Sportsnet|access-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref>
Team Jacobs played in two tour events during the [[2020–21 curling season|2020–21 season]], winning the [[Stu Sells Oakville Tankard]] and losing in the qualification game of the [[Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic]]. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario]], the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Jacobs was chosen to represent Northern Ontario at the [[2021 Tim Hortons Brier]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/scotties-bound-northern-ontario-s-krysta-burns-accepts-invite-for-national-playdowns-1.1567039|title=Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns|work=TSN|author=The Canadian Press|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref> At the Brier, they finished with a 7–5 record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2021-brier-scores-schedule-standings-results/|title=2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Scores, schedule, standings|website=Sportsnet|access-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref>

===2022–2024===
Team Jacobs began the [[2021–22 curling season]] by winning the [[2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic]], then lost in the final of the [[2021 Masters (curling)|2021 Masters]]. In the [[2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]] they tied for first in the round robin, but missed another Olympic berth when they lost to [[Brad Gushue]] in the final. The team represented Northern Ontario at the [[2022 Tim Hortons Brier]], they were eliminated by Saskatchewan's [[Colton Flasch]] rink in the Championship round, the initial playoffs round after the round robin games.

In May 2022, after Brad Jacobs decided to step away from curling for at least a season, Harnden joined [[Brad Gushue]]'s Newfoundland and Labrador rink, replacing their long-time second [[Brett Gallant]], who had decided to move to Alberta with plans to marry mixed doubles partner [[Jocelyn Peterman]] and join [[Brendan Bottcher]]'s team in the western province. Harnden had already served as the Gushue rink's alternate at the [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship|2022 world men's curling championship]] the previous month and earned a silver medal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Brad Gushue adds Olympic gold medallist E.J. Harnden at second for next season |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/brad-gushue-adds-olympic-gold-medallist-e-j-harnden-at-second-for-next-season/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |publisher=Sportsnet |date=11 May 2022}}</ref> The team would win Canadian titles at the [[2023 Tim Hortons Brier|2023]] and [[2024 Montana's Brier|2024 Briers]], and a silver medal at the [[2023 World Men's Curling Championship|2023 world championship]].


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Outside of curling, Harnden works as a product manager for Instant Games at the [[Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation]].<ref name="Media Guide">{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/02/2020-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide.pdf |title=2020 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-02-24 }}</ref> He attended [[Algoma University]], where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teambradjacobs.com/about-us |title=Team Jacobs :: About Us |access-date=December 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072044/http://www.teambradjacobs.com/about-us |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is married to Rachelle Harnden and has two children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront5.curling.ca/2016brier/files/2016/03/BRIER-FRI-ALL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312022707/http://cloudfront5.curling.ca/2016brier/files/2016/03/BRIER-FRI-ALL.pdf |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Outside of curling, Harnden works as a senior manager for Instant Products and Operations at the [[Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/09/2024-PointsBet-Invitational-media-guide-ver1.pdf|title=2024 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|access-date=September 22, 2024}}</ref> He attended [[Algoma University]], where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teambradjacobs.com/about-us |title=Team Jacobs :: About Us |access-date=December 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072044/http://www.teambradjacobs.com/about-us |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is married to Rachelle Harnden and has two children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront5.curling.ca/2016brier/files/2016/03/BRIER-FRI-ALL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312022707/http://cloudfront5.curling.ca/2016brier/files/2016/03/BRIER-FRI-ALL.pdf |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Teams==
==Teams==
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! scope="row"| 2023–24
! scope="row"| 2023–24
| Brad Gushue || Mark Nichols || E. J. Harnden || Geoff Walker
| Brad Gushue || Mark Nichols || E. J. Harnden || Geoff Walker
|-
! scope="row"| 2024 (Sept.–Oct.)
| Brad Gushue || Mark Nichols || E. J. Harnden || Geoff Walker
|-
! scope="row"| 2024 (Dec.–Apr.)
| [[Matt Dunstone]] || [[Colton Lott]] || E. J. Harnden || Ryan Harnden
|}
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 8 December 2024

E. J. Harnden
Curler
Harnden at the 2018 Players' Championship
Born (1983-04-14) April 14, 1983 (age 41)
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Team
SkipMatt Dunstone
ThirdColton Lott
SecondE. J. Harnden
LeadRyan Harnden
Curling career
Member Association Northern Ontario (2007–2022)
 Newfoundland and Labrador (2022–2024)
 Manitoba (2024–present)
Brier appearances15 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
World Championship
appearances		4 (2013, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		2 (2022, 2023)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2014)
Top CTRS ranking1st (2013–14; 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24)
Grand Slam victories9 (2015 Players' Championship, 2016 National, 2017 Champions Cup, 2018 Tour Challenge, 2019 Tour Challenge, 2019 National, 2020 Canadian Open, 2022 National, 2024 Players')
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Victoria
Silver medal – second place 2022 Las Vegas
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ottawa
Silver medal – second place 2024 Schaffhausen
The Brier
Gold medal – first place 2023 London
Gold medal – first place 2024 Regina
Pan Continental Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Calgary
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kelowna
Representing  Northern Ontario
Canadian Olympic Trials
Gold medal – first place 2013 Winnipeg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Saskatoon
The Brier
Gold medal – first place 2013 Edmonton
Silver medal – second place 2015 Calgary
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Halifax
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Ottawa
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Brandon

Eric Christopher "E. J." Harnden, Jr. (born April 14, 1983)[1] is a Canadian curler. He currently plays second on Team Matt Dunstone.

Career

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Early career

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Harnden is the son of three-time Northern Ontario champion Eric Harnden, Sr. and Susan Hardnen.[1] As a junior, he spared for Pierre Charette at the 2002 M&M Meat Shops National, which was played in his home town of Sault Ste. Marie.[2] E. J. was a skip during his junior career, but joined forces with his father for the 2007–08 season, as his third. The team, which also included brother Ryan and Caleb Flaxey at lead won the Dominion Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship that season, and would represent Northern Ontario at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier. The team would have an unsuccessful Brier, finishing with a 3–8 record. Following the season, Harnden joined forces with Brad Jacobs, and has played with Jacobs ever since. He would play third for the team from 2008 to 2011 and then second since 2012, after Ryan Fry joined the team. In their first season together, the team lost in the 2009 Northern Ontario final to Mike Jakubo. The following season would be more successful. The team played in one Grand Slam, the 2012 The National that season, Harnden's first. The team went 0–5. However, the team did win The Dominion 2010 Northern Ontario Provincial Men's Championship and had a tremendous Brier that season. At the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, the team finished 2nd after the round robin with a 9–2 record. However, they lost both of their playoff games and would have to settle for a bronze medal.

2010–2012

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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

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The 2012–13 season would be the team's best season to date. The team welcomed Manitoba-born Ryan Fry at the third position, bumping Harnden to play second. The team would make the playoffs in all three Slams they entered, losing in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Masters of Curling and 2013 The National. They made it to the final in their first ever slam at the 2012 Canadian Open of Curling where they lost to the Glenn Howard rink. The team won The Dominion 2013 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship once again, qualifying for the Brier for the fourth straight year. At the Brier, the team finished the round robin with an 8–3 record, good enough for 4th. The team pulled off victories against Ontario's Glenn Howard and Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton en route to win Northern Ontario's first Brier title in 28 years. The team would later represent Canada at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship where they won a silver medal. The next season, the team won the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, earning them the right to represent Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. At the Olympics in Sochi, they led Canada to a 9–3 victory in the men's final, defeating Great Britain to claim the gold medal.

2014–2019

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Following their Olympic success, the Jacobs rink once again made it to the Brier in 2015. After posting a 10–1 round robin record in first place, they won the 1 vs. 2 game sending them to the finals against the defending Brier champions, Team Canada (skipped by Pat Simmons), which they lost. Later in the season the Jacobs rink won their first career Grand Slam event, winning the 2015 Players' Championship.

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.[3] 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.[4]

2019–2022

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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.[5]

Team Jacobs played in two tour events during the 2020–21 season, winning the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and losing in the qualification game of the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Jacobs was chosen to represent Northern Ontario at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.[6] At the Brier, they finished with a 7–5 record.[7]

2022–2024

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Team Jacobs began the 2021–22 curling season by winning the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic, then lost in the final of the 2021 Masters. In the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials they tied for first in the round robin, but missed another Olympic berth when they lost to Brad Gushue in the final. The team represented Northern Ontario at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, they were eliminated by Saskatchewan's Colton Flasch rink in the Championship round, the initial playoffs round after the round robin games.

In May 2022, after Brad Jacobs decided to step away from curling for at least a season, Harnden joined Brad Gushue's Newfoundland and Labrador rink, replacing their long-time second Brett Gallant, who had decided to move to Alberta with plans to marry mixed doubles partner Jocelyn Peterman and join Brendan Bottcher's team in the western province. Harnden had already served as the Gushue rink's alternate at the 2022 world men's curling championship the previous month and earned a silver medal.[8] The team would win Canadian titles at the 2023 and 2024 Briers, and a silver medal at the 2023 world championship.

Personal life

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Outside of curling, Harnden works as a senior manager for Instant Products and Operations at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.[9] He attended Algoma University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing.[10] He is married to Rachelle Harnden and has two children.[11]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead
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[12] Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden
2021–22 Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden
2022–23 Brad Gushue Mark Nichols E. J. Harnden Geoff Walker
2023–24 Brad Gushue Mark Nichols E. J. Harnden Geoff Walker
2024 (Sept.–Oct.) Brad Gushue Mark Nichols E. J. Harnden Geoff Walker
2024 (Dec.–Apr.) Matt Dunstone Colton Lott E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden

References

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  1. ^ a b "Harden". Sault Star. April 23, 1983. p. 2. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Reviews positive but Grand Slam's return no sure thing". Sault Star. February 4, 2002. p. 6. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Strong, Gregory (December 3, 2018). "Marc Kennedy filling in for Ryan Fry as Team Jacobs heads to Canada Cup". The Globe and Mail.
  4. ^ "Kevin Koe captures 4th Brier title with 10th-end magic | CBC Sports".
  5. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. ^ The Canadian Press (December 21, 2020). "Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns". TSN. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Scores, schedule, standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Brazeau, Jonathan (May 11, 2022). "Brad Gushue adds Olympic gold medallist E.J. Harnden at second for next season". Sportsnet. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  10. ^ "Team Jacobs :: About Us". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  11. ^ "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)
  12. ^ "2020–21 Men's Curling Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
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