Ed Lukowich

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Ed Lukowich
Curler
Born March 1, 1946 [1]
Speers , Saskatchewan
Curling career
Brier appearances 5 ( 1978 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 1994 )
World Championship
appearances 		2 ( 1978 , 1986 )
Olympic
appearances 		1 ( 1988 )
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing   Canada
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary (demonstration)
World Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Toronto
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Winnipeg
Representing   Alberta
Labatt Brier
Gold medal – first place 1978 Vancouver
Gold medal – first place 1986 Kitchener-Waterloo
Silver medal – second place 1983 Sudbury
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Victoria
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal – first place 1987 Calgary
Canadian Masters Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kentville-Wolfville

Edward R. "Ed" Lukowich [2] (born March 1, 1946; nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" [3] ) is a former Canadian champion curler . Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion, having won the Brier Tankard for Alberta as skip of both the 1978 and 1986 Canadian championship teams. [4] His team won the 1986 World Curling Championship and placed third at 1988 Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

Career [ edit ]

Curling [ edit ]

Born on March 1, 1946, in Speers, Saskatchewan , Lukowich was the athlete development director from 2000 to 2009 of the United States Curling Association . He coached the Pete Fenson rink at the 2010 World Championship at Cortina d'Ampezzo to a 4th-place finish.

Lukowich has written four books on curling and produced a 60-minute instructional video. He was one of the initial founders of the TSN Skins Game and a co-founder of and former executive director of the World Curling Tour . He also was the WCT colour-commentator for CTV Sportsnet . [5]

Writing [ edit ]

Lukowich changed careers in 2011, [6] becoming a science fiction writer [7] as well as the author of 5 books (in his Trillion Theory series) relating to new theory pertaining to the age and origin of our universe.

Authored books:

  • The Trillionist 2013 (science fiction novel published by EDGE). [8]
  • Trillion Theory (2015)(1st book in the Trillion Theory series. [7]
  • Trillion Years Universe Theory (2014 and 2015)(2nd book in the Trillion Theory series. [7]
  • Black Holes Built Our Cosmos (2015)(3rd book in the Trillion Theory series. [7]
  • T Theory Says: Who Owns our Universe (2016)(4th book in the Trillion Theory series. [7]
  • Spinning Black Hole Inside Our Earth (2017)(5th book in the Trillion Theory series. [7]

Personal life [ edit ]

A resident of Calgary , Ed is the older brother of former NHL hockey player, Morris Lukowich . His cousin is NHL player Brad Lukowich who is the son of former NHL and WHA player Bernie Lukowich.

Sources [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "1993 Ice Hot International #32 ed Lukowich | Trading Card Database" .
  2. ^ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  3. ^ Bob Weeks, Curling Ecetera, pg 97
  4. ^ "Past Champions of the Brier" . Archived from the original on August 31, 2012 . Retrieved September 18, 2012 .
  5. ^ "Lukowich is new USA Curling athlete development director" . Archived from the original on April 9, 2006.
  6. ^ "Author" . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Trillionist" . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
  8. ^ "EDGE and Tesseract Books" . edgewebsite.com . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .

External links [ edit ]


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