Owen Purcell

Owen Purcell (born July 8, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He currently skips his team out of Halifax Curling Club. He is most notable for winning multiple Canadian junior titles and representing Canada at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships.

Career
In 2017, Purcell's rink out of CFB Halifax would start 2–1 at the 2017 Nova Scotia Junior Under 18 Men's Championship qualifying for the championship round in the B Event. Purcell lost in the championship round to Team Ryan Abraham 6–3 who would later go on to win the event. In 2018 Purcell would win the 2018 Nova Scotia Under 18 Men's Championship playing third for Graeme Weagle. They went on to win the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships defeating Alberta's Ryan Jacques 10–6 in the final. In 2019, Purcell would win the 2019 Nova Scotia Under 18 Men's Championship playing third for Adam McEachren. They went 4–2 in round robin play at the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships qualifying for the knockout round. They finished the tournament in 4th. Purcell also won the 2019 Nova Scotia Junior Championship playing fourth with Graeme Weagle. They would finish 8th at nationals. The Weagle rink would once again win the Nova Scotian Provincial Playdown representing Nova Scotia at the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team would finish 7th with a record of 5-5. In 2021, Purcell would skip his own team and be selected to represent Nova Scotia at the 2021 World Junior Qualification Event. The team went undefeated and would represent Canada at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. They would go on to win the bronze medal.

In 2020, Purcell and the Dalhousie Tigers skipped by Matthew Manuel would win the 2020 AUS Curling Championship and represent Dalhousie University at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships. They would lose in the final to Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in the final, 8–5. In 2022, Purcell would skip the Dalhousie Tigers to win the 2022 Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships. They would then go on to win the 2022 FISU World University Games Qualifier, defeating Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in the final 8–5. The Dalhousie Tigers won bronze for Canada at the 2023 Winter World University Games.