Jamie Koe says this will be his 18th time at the Montana’s Brier.
“The Brier is always just an amazing time,” he told Cabin Radio, adding this year’s curling competition has already sold out seats for the week.
“It’s just about meeting as many fans and people as we can and obviously enjoying your time off the ice, and getting to meet all the people that travelled out there to meet the curlers – and taking care of business on the ice.”
Koe’s team went undefeated at the 2026 NWT Men’s Curling Championship in Yellowknife late last month, earning their spot representing the territory at the upcoming Brier.
Skip Koe will be joined by Glen Kennedy, Roland Robinson, Shadrach McLeod and Cole Parsons in competing at the national men’s curling championship in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, later this month.
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“Competitive curling is something that we’ve done our entire lives and we’re competitive guys by nature,” Koe said.
“Really looking forward to representing the Northwest Territories and doing our best and hopefully getting back to the playoffs, where we should be.”
Koe’s team had an extraordinary run at the 2024 Brier, making it to the playoffs for the first time since 2012 and becoming just the second NWT team in history to do so. The run ended with a loss against Mike McEwen’s Saskatchewan.
Koe is a longtime curler and comes from a family of curlers. He is the younger brother of Kevin Koe, who skipped the Canadian men’s team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the twin brother of Kerry Galusha, who said she planned to retire from competitive curling following the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (but still coached the NWT team at this year’s Scotties).
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Koe said the sport has given him opportunities and allowed him to make friends from around the world.
“It just means everything to compete on the national stage,” he said, “and try to do your best against the best of the best at the Brier.”
Eighteen teams are set to compete at the 2026 Brier from February 27 to March 8.
