There are benefits to having B.J. Gagnon’s job.
“I’ve been to more Briers than most curlers,” says Gagnon, sitting in the lounge area of the Prince George Golf and Curling Club on Wednesday morning.
He hasn’t been playing in those Briers, but he has made it possible for those Briers to be played. Gagnon is an ice technician, and a top one.
“I’m the head provincial ice technician, I’m a national technician with the Canadian Curling Association, and I’m a head ice technician with the World Curling Federation.”
So it’s no surprise Gagnon is in Prince George this week, making sure the ice for the Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championships is the best it can be.