Al Hackner
{{short description|Canadian curler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Al Hackner
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|07|18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Sport-Curling-Trading-Card-Special-Edition-Al-Hackner-/131062082929|title=9 Ty Beanie Babies Birthday Edition Official Trading Cards Fuzz Bubbles Peanut}}
| birth_place = Nipigon, Ontario2018 Continental Cup Media Guide
| Curling club = Fort William CC
Thunder Bay, ON
| Skip = Al Hackner
| Third = Joe Scharf
| Second = Jamie Childs
| Lead = Gary Champagne
| Alternate =
| Member Association = {{AB}} (1976–1977)
{{NO}} (1979–present)
| Brier appearances = 9 ({{Brier|1980}}, {{Brier|1981}}, {{Brier|1982}}, {{Brier|1985}}, {{Brier|1988}}, {{Brier|1989}}, {{Brier|1992}}, {{Brier|1995}}, {{Brier|2001}})
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|1982}}, {{WMCC|1985}})
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's Curling }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1982 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1985 Glasgow | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition| World Senior Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 2007 Edmonton | Team }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NO}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Labatt Brier }}
{{MedalGold | 1982 Brandon | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 1985 Moncton | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 1980 Calgary | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 1981 Halifax | Team }}
}}
Allan A. Hackner (born July 18, 1954), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a retired Canadian Hall of Fame{{cite web|title=Inductees to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame |url=http://www.curling.ca/about-the-organization/awards-and-certificates/canadian-curling-hall-of-fame/inductees-to-the-canadian-curling-hall-of-fame/ |publisher=Canadian Curling Association |access-date=8 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209031549/http://www.curling.ca/about-the-organization/awards-and-certificates/canadian-curling-hall-of-fame/inductees-to-the-canadian-curling-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=9 December 2012 }} curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and is a member of the Red Rock Indian Band.{{cite web |url=http://ontariosportlegendshof.com/index.php/component/k2/item/40-al-hackner |title=Al Hackner |website=ontariosportlegendshof.com |publisher=Ontario Sports Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081140/http://ontariosportlegendshof.com/index.php/component/k2/item/40-al-hackner |archive-date=January 16, 2018}} He is currently a member of USA Curling's High Performance Program Coaching staff.
Career
Hackner has skipped the Northern Ontario team at nine Briers. He won the Brier in 1982 and again in 1985.
In 1982, he defeated Brent Giles of British Columbia to win his first Brier.
File:Hacknerdouble.PNG final in order to tie the game, putting it into an extra end, in which his team stole, winning the game.]]
In 1985, he defeated Pat Ryan of Alberta to win his second Brier. To tie the game with last rock in the 10th end Hackner had to make a near impossible double-take out,{{cite web|title=Double Take-out |url=http://www.curlingnet.com/articles/encyclopedia/37 |publisher=CurlingNet |access-date=8 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213850/http://www.curlingnet.com/articles/encyclopedia/37 |archive-date=8 July 2011 }} coming around a guard to hit two stones some 6 feet apart, which would later go down in curling history as the "Al Hackner double". Hackner's team then stole a single point in the extra end for the win. The shot was named the greatest moment in Northern Ontario curling history by the Northern Ontario Curling Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbnewswatch.com/sports/83977/Shot-named-greatest-moment-|title=Shot named greatest moment|date=March 9, 2010|publisher=tbnewswatch.com|access-date=December 27, 2012}}
In addition to playing for Northern Ontario, Hackner also represented Alberta at the 1977 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, playing second for Don Sutton.
In 2004, Al Hackner was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Al Hackner |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/40-al-hackner |website=oshof.ca |publisher=Ontario Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228125843/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/40-al-hackner |url-status=dead }}
Hackner won the 2006 Canadian Senior Curling Championships which he followed up with a silver medal at the World Senior Curling Championships in 2007.
In 2013, Hackner announced he would be playing in his final provincial championship, literally saying he was "too old for this shite". However that was a short lived retirement. He lost the men's provincial final to Brad Jacobs in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/06/mens-curling-provincials-climax-this-weekend|title=Men's curling provincials climax this weekend}}
Hackner skipped Northern Ontario to the 2017 Canadian Masters Curling Championships. He won the event again in 2022.
Hackner was part of the staff for the Team USA women's team from 2012 to 2014, and rejoined to become the coach in 2017. He led the team to the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they finished eighth.Davis, Terry (August 4, 2017) [https://web.archive.org/web/20181202015838/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2017/August/04/World-champion-Al-Hackner-rejoins-coaching-staff World champion Al Hackner rejoins coaching staff] Official Site of USA Curling. Retrieved April 19, 2020.Litman, Laken (February 21, 2018) [https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/2018/02/21/we-say-goodbye-u-s-womens-curling-pyeongchang-games/361956002/ We say goodbye to U.S. women's curling at Pyeongchang Games] Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
Following the 2022 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Hackner announced he was retiring from competitive curling.{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/12/08/farewell-to-the-iceman|title=Farewell to the Iceman!|publisher=Curling Canada|access-date=December 9, 2022}}
Personal life
Hackner is a retired transportation conductor with CN Rail. He is married and has one son.2018 Continental Cup Media Guide
References
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