After Brier win, Matt Dunstone seeks more curling glory at men's world championship

There was little afterglow from his first Brier win still fuelling Matt Dunstone as his team ramped up for the men's world curling championship.

Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden out of Winnipeg's Granite Curling Club open the LGT Men's World Championship on Friday afternoon against South Korea and at night against Italy in Ogden, Utah.

Dunstone beat Alberta's Kevin Koe on March 8 in St. John's for his first Canadian men's championship, and also the first for Lott.

"A lot of relief has kind of settled in. It kind of feels like playing with house money now a little bit," Dunstone said.

"I like the two weeks in between. It's short and sweet and gives us enough time to quickly get our feet back on the ground again and keep on going.

"We're very ready. We've played in a lot of big games this season. The entire field, nobody's new to us."

Dunstone last represented Canada over a decade ago when he won a world junior men's title. Lott has worn the Maple Leaf in world mixed doubles with wife Kadriana.

The Harnden brothers have more international experience in men's curling. They were world silver medallists in 2013 with their cousin Brad Jacobs, and won Olympic gold with him a year later.

"It's been a while for me. Too long, as I've been telling people, 13 years," Ryan Harnden said. "Things have changed for me. I'm better now than I ever was as a lead."

E.J. Harnden was also a world silver medallist as Brad Gushue's second in 2023 and 2024. The 42-year-old intends to retire after the world championship.

"I could not have written this any better," he said. "To be able to win a Canadian championship in my last year of competitive curling, alongside my brother Ryan, and sharing that with Matt and Colton for their