17 Facts About Russ Howard

Russ Howard lived in Moncton, New Brunswick, from 2000 to 2019.

Russ Howard is a two-time world champion, winning in 1987 and 1993.

Russ Howard has won three TSN Skins Games in 1991,1992, and 1993, and participated in two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 2000 and 2001.

Russ Howard played in two Canadian Senior Curling Championships in 2008 and 2009 finishing with a silver medal both of those years.

Russ Howard was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

Russ Howard is currently a curling analyst and commentator for TSN's Season of Champions curling coverage.

Russ Howard, who turned 50 during the Olympics, is the oldest Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal.

Russ Howard is the innovator of the "Moncton Rule", which evolved into the "free guard zone", part of international and Olympic rules.

Russ Howard has been commentating curling events for TSN since 2001.

Russ Howard was named a Member of the Order of Canada and inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame in 2015.

The 2012 Brier saw his brother Glenn Russ Howard tying his record for Brier appearances and breaking his record for most career games played at the Brier.

Russ Howard stepped into the broadcast booth for the first time in 2001, serving as an analyst for TSN's coverage of the Brier.

Russ Howard handled colour commentating duties for Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Russ Howard's brother, Glenn Howard, is a well known curler.

Russ Howard's daughter, Ashley Russ Howard, is a competitive curler and the executive director of CurlSask, the governing body of curling in Saskatchewan.

Outside of curling, Russ Howard worked as a real estate agent for Royal LePage Atlantic, in addition to his commentator work with TSN, and as a curling coach in Switzerland.

Russ Howard moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 2019 to be closer to his children.