Jason Gunnlaugson

On April 28, 2010 Jason Gunnlaugson announced his deal with the Russian Curling Federation. The negotiations were for Jason Gunnlaugson and teammates Tyler Forrest and Justin Richter to pair with two Russian curlers (Alexey Stukalskiy and Aleksandr Kozyrev) to create a Russian team to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games.[8][9] The deal involved each of the players earning $100,000 to train.

In November 2010, Gunnlaugson won the Russian Men's Curling Cup. His team defeated Artem Shmakov's Chelyabinsk rink in the final by a score of 7-1.[10]

However, later that month, Gunnlaugson, Forrest and Richter refused to renounce their Canadian citizenships in order to fast track their acquiring of Russian citizenships in order to play at the 2010 European Curling Championships. After that, the Russian Curling Federation fired the three Canadians.[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. However, the team was eliminated from even playing in the Manitoba provincial championship, after failing to qualify out of their zone.

At the end of the 2011-12 curling season, Gunnlaugson relocated to British Columbia after taking a job with his uncle's company. Initially Gunnlaugson was planning to take a year off from competing. For the 2012-13 season Gunnlaugson teamed up with Jim Cotter, playing third and replacing Kevin Folk who moved to Calgary.[12] The team won one event together, the 2012 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. They also played in four slams, making it to the finals of the 2012 Rogers Masters of Curling. The arrangement would only last one season. Gunnlaugson would remain as the team's alternate for part of the 2013-14 season, after John Morris was added to the team. He was their alternate at the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials but was replaced by Jody Epp for the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier.

Gunnlaugson returned to Manitoba in 2014, eventually joining the William Lyburn rink at third for one season. The team won the MCT Championships and would place fourth at the 2016 Manitoba provincial men's championship. Gunnlaugson left the rink after the season, and formed a new team, skipping a rink consisting of Colton Lott, Kyle Doering and Robbie Gordon. The team won the Performance Spider Midweek Special and finished fourth at the 2017 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial championship.

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. That season, they also won the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic and the MCT Championships. The team played in the 2017 Olympic Pre-trials. There, they went 3-3 in the round robin portion, putting them in a tiebreaker against Jamie Murphy. They beat Murphy, but lost in the B quarterfinals against Glenn Howard. Gunnlaugson was invited to play as Brendan Bottcher's alternate at the main trials, but the team failed to qualify for the playoffs. Later in the season, at the 2018 Viterra Championship provincial playdowns, the Gunnlaugson rink was eliminated after only three games. In mixed doubles play, Gunnlaugson and partner Shannon Birchard won the Pacific Northwest Mixed Doubles Invitational.

In 2018, Denni Neufeld was added to the team, replacing McMillan. In the 2018-19 curling season, the team represented Canada at the second leg of the 2018-19 Curling World Cup, but finished the event with a 1-5 record, in last place. They had more success at the 2019 Viterra Championship, making it to the semifinal, where they lost to William Lyburn. On the tour, the team played in the 2018 Elite 10, the 2018 Masters, the 2018 Tour Challenge, the 2018 National, the 2019 Canadian Open, only making it to the playoffs at the National.

In 2019, the team added Adam Casey, replacing Neufeld. The team won the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker at the start of the 2019-20 season.[13] They also won the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic and the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic.[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.[17] It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] Following the season, the rink added Matt Wozniak at second, with Casey moving to third, replacing Forrest.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Gunnlaugson was chosen to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.[19] At the Brier, Gunnlaugson led his team to a 6–6 eighth place finish.[20] The team wrapped up the season by playing in the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Players' Championship.

The next season, the team won the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials to qualify the rink for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. At the Trials, Gunnlaugson led his rink to a 2–6 record, missing the playoffs. The team played in the 2022 Viterra Championship, but were eliminated after winning just two games. Despite this, they qualified for the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier as a Wild Card team. Gunnlaugson led his team to a 5–3 record at the Brier, and qualified for the championship after winning a tiebreaker. However, they were eliminated after losing their first game against Team Canada, skipped by Brendan Bottcher. 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.

In April 2022, it was announced that Gunnlaugson and his rink were splitting up, and he would be joining a new team skipped by Reid Carruthers.[21]

On December 19, 2022 it was announced that Gunnlaugson had left the Carruthers rink.[22]