They then defeated Nova Scotia's Rob Sifton in the semi-final and then Manitoba's Ryan Fry in the final to claim the championship.

[2] The win earned the team a spot at the 1996 World Junior Curling Championships, representing Canada.

They had to beat the United States' Travis Way and Norway's Torger Nergård to get into the playoffs, only to lose in their semi-final match against Switzerland's Ralph Stöckli.

Since then, Currie has won a handful of World Curling Tour events, most recently winning the 2013 Bernick's Miller Lite Open.

Currie did not win a Northern Ontario men's title until 2014, helped by the absence of defending champion Brad Jacobs who was preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics during the provincials.