Icebreaker Challenge

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{{Infobox curling event|2024|2024

| Name = Icebreaker Challenge

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| Established = 2015

| Host city = Morris, Manitoba

| Arena = Morris Curling Club

| Purse = $4,500

| Current men's champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Chase Sinnett

| Current women's champion = {{flagicon|SK}} Ashley Thevenot

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The Icebreaker Challenge is an annual cashspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in Manitoba.{{cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=4776|website=www.curlingzone.com|title=Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite|accessdate=2017-08-28}} The Event was part of the World Curling Tour from 2017 to 2019. The 2016 event was known as the 2016 Performance Spider Midweek Special and was held in Waterloo, Ontario and was only part of the Ontario Curling Tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/jason-gunnlaugson-targeting-elite-ranks-with-fresh-new-crew/|title=Jason Gunnlaugson targeting elite ranks with fresh new crew|date=22 September 2016}} The 2016 event included both genders, and in 2017 a separate women's event was added. Both the 2017 and 2018 events were held at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg. The 2017 event was known as the Spider Performance Icebreaker At The Granite and in 2018 it was known as the GOLDLINE Icebreaker At The Granite. Beginning in 2019 the event is being held at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba. After a four-season hiatus, the event returned in 2023 with only a women's field. In 2024, both a men's and women's event were contested.

Past champions

=Men=

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning team

! scope="col"| Runner-up team

! scope="col"| Purse (CDN)

2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=4370|title=2016 Performance Spider Midweek Special|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 28, 2017}}{{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Rob Gordon{{flagicon|MB}} William Lyburn, Jared Kolomaya, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada$4,000
2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4777|title=2017 Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite – Men's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 28, 2017}}{{flagicon|MB}} Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson{{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster, Tyler George, Joe Polo, John Landsteiner$7,680
2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5342|title=2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite – Men's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 3, 2018}}{{flagicon|MB}} Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon{{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner$5,120
2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5844|title=2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker – Men's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 25, 2019}}{{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan{{flagicon|MB}} Ty Dilello, Hayden Forrester, Brennan Sampson, Brendan Wilson$5,120
2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=8588|title=2024 Icebreaker Challenge – Men's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 2, 2024}}{{flagicon|USA}} Chase Sinnett, Samuel Strouse, Kevin Tuma, Connor Kauffman{{flagicon|USA}} Ethan Sampson, Coleman Thurston, Jacob Zeman, Marius Kleinas$4,500

=Women=

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning team

! scope="col"| Runner-up team

! scope="col"| Purse (CDN)

2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=4776|title=2017 Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite – Women's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 20, 2019}}{{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish{{flagicon|MB}} Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon$6,020
2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5343|title=2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite – Women's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 3, 2018}}{{flagicon|MB}} Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon{{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Alexandra Raeva, Nkeiruka Ezekh$6,400
2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5845|title=2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker – Women's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 25, 2019}}{{flagicon|MB}} Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish{{flagicon|JPN}} Tori Koana, Yuna Kotani, Mao Ishigaki, Arisa Kotani$6,400
2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=8046|title=2023 Icebreaker Challenge|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 26, 2023}}{{flagicon|MB}} Kate Cameron, Meghan Walter, Taylor McDonald, Mackenzie Elias{{flagicon|USA}} Delaney Strouse, Anne O'Hara, Sydney Mullaney, Rebecca Rodgers$6,500
2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=8587|title=2024 Icebreaker Challenge – Women's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 2, 2024}}{{flagicon|SK}} Ashley Thevenot, Brittany Tran, Taylor Stremick, Kaylin Skinner{{flagicon|AB}} Kayla Skrlik, Margot Flemming, Ashton Skrlik, Geri-Lynn Ramsay$4,500

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