Gunnlaugson acquired a berth at the 2009 Olympic Pre-Trials through his CTRS ranking from September 2007 to April 2009, highest of teams not already qualified.
The four-some surprised many by being one of the four teams to qualify for the main Olympic trials, defeating Mike McEwen with the last rock in the extra end of the 'C' Final.
Coming from curling strong Manitoba, Gunnlaugson won the Viterra Provincial Championships for the first time in 2020 to play in the Brier.
[11] The Canadian Curling Association ruled that despite winning the Russian cup, the team would still be eligible to compete for the Brier, Canada's national championship.
At the end of the 2011-12 curling season, Gunnlaugson relocated to British Columbia after taking a job with his uncle's company.
For the 2012-13 season Gunnlaugson teamed up with Jim Cotter, playing third and replacing Kevin Folk who moved to Calgary.
He was their alternate at the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials but was replaced by Jody Epp for the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier.
After the 2016-17 curling season, Gunnlaugson formed a new team of Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan and Connor Njegovan.
Early on in the 2017-18 curling season, the team won the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 event, defeating Gunnlaugson's former skip, William Lyburn in the final.
Gunnlaugson was invited to play as Brendan Bottcher's alternate at the main trials, but the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.
[14][15] Gunnlaugson won his first Provincial title at the 2020 Viterra Championship after defeating the Mike McEwen rink 7–4 in the final.
[16] Team Gunnlaugson represented Manitoba at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, where they finished in eighth place with a 5–6 record.
As the reigning provincial champions, Team Gunnlaugson was chosen to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.
On the tour, the team won the 2021 DeKalb Superspiel, and played in the 2021 Masters, the 2021 National, the 2022 Players' Championship and the 2022 Champions Cup, making it to the quarters in the last two events.