2026 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship

2026 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Iqaluit, Nunavut
Arena	Iqaluit Curling Club
Dates	January 9–10
Winner	Team Samagalski
Curling club	Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit
Skip	Derek Samagalski
Third	Sheldon Wettig
Second	Christian Smitheram
Lead	Justin McDonell
Finalist	Shane Latimer
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The 2026 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship , the men's territorial curling championship for Nunavut, was held from January 9 to 10 at the Iqaluit Curling Club in Iqaluit. ^[1] The winning Derek Samagalski rink will represent Nunavut at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador. ^[2]

As only two teams entered the championship, the event was held as a best-of-five tournament which Samagalski won 3 games to none.

Teams

Teams are listed as follows: ^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Derek Samagalski	Sheldon Wettig	Christian Smitheram	Justin McDonell		Iqaluit
Shane Latimer	Peter Mackey	David Aglukark	Jeff Nadeau	Greg Howard	Iqaluit

Scores

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00). ^[4]

Draw 1

Friday, January 9, 6:30 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shane Latimer	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Derek Samagalski	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	X	X	8

Draw 2

Saturday, January 10, 10:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shane Latimer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Derek Samagalski	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	X	X	7

Draw 3

Saturday, January 10, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shane Latimer	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5
Derek Samagalski	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	X	7

2026 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship
Derek Samagalski 1st Nunavut Territorial Championship title

References

1. "Details". 2025-26 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
2. "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
3. "Teams". 2025-26 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship. Nunavut Curling Association. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
4. "Schedule". 2025-26 Nunavut Men's Curling Championship. Nunavut Curling Association. Retrieved January 8, 2026.