Matt Dunstone of Winnipeg, Manitoba won the 2026 Masters Grand Slam of Curling Tournament in Medicine Hat, Alberta on Sunday. Dunstone teamed up with third Colton Lott of Selkirk, Manitoba, second Colton Flasch of Biggar, Saskatchewan and lead and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Ryan Harnden of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Flasch replaced Mark Nichols of Labrador City, Newfoundland, who was out with an upper-body injury according to Grand Slam of Curling news on November 2. Flasch is the regular third for Tyler Tardi. Harnden won an Olympic gold medal for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
In Sunday’s final, Dunstone defeated Bruce Mouat of Scotland 7-6. It was a great start for Mouat as they took the 6-1 lead after four ends. Mouat is a two-time World Men’s Curling Championship winner. He won both World Championships in Canada–in 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario, and in 2025 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Dunstone had an undefeated record in Medicine Hat. He had a record of four wins and zero losses in Pool C action, and won all three of the knockout games. In pool play, Dunstone beat Peter Hlushak of Spruce Grove, Alberta 14-1, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi of Japan 6-3, Evan van Amsterdam of Edmonton, Alberta 6-3 and Daniel Casper of the United States 6-4. Dunstone then beat Casper again 7-5 in the quarterfinals, and Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland 5-3 in the semifinals.
This is Dunstone’s third Grand Slam of Curling title. He previously won the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario, and the 2025 Masters in London, Ontario.
