{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1998)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Joshua Mattern | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]] | Curling club = [[Sutherland Curling Club|Sutherland CC]], <br> [[Saskatoon|Saskatoon, SK]] | Skip = [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]] | Third = [[Rylan Kleiter]] | Second = '''Joshua Mattern''' | Lead = [[Trevor Johnson (curler)|Trevor Johnson]] | Alternate = | Member Association = {{SK}} | Brier appearances = 1 ({{Brier|2025}}) | Top CCA ranking = 6th ([[2024–25 curling season|2024–25]]) | medaltemplates = }}
'''Joshua Mattern''' (born November 15, 1998) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Curling|curler]] from [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]].<ref name="Media Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/01/2020-New-Holland-U21-Canadian-Juniors-Media-Guide-1.pdf|title=2020 New Holland U21 Canadian Juniors Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/6240/teams/25985/team_athletes/25985-second-36586|title=Joshua Mattern Profile|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> He currently plays [[Second (curling)|second]] on Team [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]]. He previously played for [[Rylan Kleiter]] on a team known for their brightly coloured paint splash pants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-fashion-more-than-norwegian-pants-1.4976375|title=Curling fashion becoming more than those Norwegian pants|website=CBC Sports|author=Devin Heroux|date=January 13, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref>
==Career== ===Juniors=== Mattern and his rink of [[Rylan Kleiter]], [[Trevor Johnson (curler)|Trevor Johnson]] and [[Matthieu Taillon]] represented Saskatchewan internationally for the first time at the 2015 U18 International Curling Championships where they finished with a 2–3 round robin record, unfortunately missing the playoffs. The team was able to win their two consolation games however, winning the C Event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3796&teamid=85948&profileid=|title=2015 U18 International Curling Championships|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> Team Kleiter won the U18 provincial championship once again in 2017. They represented Saskatchewan at the [[2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships]] in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]] and topped their pool with a 4–1 record. Two more wins in the championship pool qualified them for the playoffs as the second seed. They lost the semifinal against [[Nova Scotia]] and the bronze medal game against [[British Columbia]], unfortunately not winning a medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2392|title=2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> They also won the U21 provincial in 2017, sending them to the [[2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]]. Like their first trip to the U18's in 2015, they didn't qualify for the playoffs, finishing 2–3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2182|title=2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref>
Team Kleiter returned to the junior championship again [[2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|in 2018]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/local-sports/rylan-kleiter-buttons-up-provincial-junior-curling-title-for-second-time-in-a-row/|title=Rylan Kleiter buttons up provincial junior curling title for second time in a row|website=Saskatoon StarPhoenix|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> but this time finished with a worse record of 1–5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3377|title=2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> The following season they once again won the provincial juniors and represented Saskatchewan on home ice at the [[2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] in [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]]. This year, the Saskatchewan team had a great showing, going 8–2 in the round robin and championship pool to secure a playoff berth. Their run ended in the semifinal however, losing to [[Manitoba]]'s [[JT Ryan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/4390|title=2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> Also during the [[2018–19 curling season|2018–19 season]], Team Kleiter was invited to the [[2019 Canadian Open (curling)|2019 Canadian Open]] [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event as the sponsors exemption.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/kleiter-makes-eye-catching-debut-at-canadian-open/|title=Kleiter makes colourful debut at Canadian Open|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> They played against the top teams in the country, losing all three of their triple knockout games to [[Kevin Koe]], [[Brad Jacobs (curler)|Brad Jacobs]] and [[Reid Carruthers]].
In their last year of junior eligibility, Team Kleiter won their fourth straight provincial junior title and once again a spot at the [[2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/curling/kleiter-banking-on-past-experience-heading-to-fourth-junior-curling-nationals/|title=Kleiter banking on past experience heading to fourth junior curling nationals|website=Saskatoon StarPhoenix|author=Darren Zary|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> They would once again have a great showing at nationals, qualifying for the playoffs with a 7–3 record and as the third seed. In a narrow semifinal against [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Team Saskatchewan gave up a key five ender in the eighth end, ultimately losing the game 9–8.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/6240|title=2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|website=Curling Canada|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref>
===Men's=== Mattern started finding success in men's play during the [[2023-24 curling season]], where he continued playing with Kleiter as skip and teammate Johnson, and added [[Matthew Hall (curler)|Matthew Hall]] as second. The team finished in second place at the [[2024 SaskTel Tankard]], the provincial men's curling championship, losing to [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]] 7–3 in the final. In their second season together, the team found even more success, winning the Tier 2 event of the [[2024 Tour Challenge]] Grand Slam event. This win automatically qualified the team for the [[2025 Masters (January)|2025 Masters]] Grand Slam event, where they finished with a 1–3 record. Shortly after their Grand Slam event, Kleiter also won their first [[2025 SaskTel Tankard|SaskTel Tankard]], beating [[Steve Laycock]] 8–5 in the final, qualifying them to represent Saskatchewan at the [[2025 Montana's Brier]].
==Personal life== Mattern works as a mill mechanical engineer for Nutrien Allan Potash Mine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/02/2025-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-Ver1.pdf |title=2025 Montana's Brier Media Guide |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2025-02-25 }}</ref> He is married<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-PointsBet-Invitational-Media-Guide-Web1.pdf|title=2025 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=September 28, 2025}}</ref> to fellow curler [[Kaylin Skinner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/09/2024-PointsBet-Invitational-media-guide-ver1.pdf|title=2024 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> Mattern studied engineering at the [[University of Saskatchewan]].<ref name="Media Guide"/>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=30091&view=Teams#1|title=Joshua Mattern Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> | [[Rylan Kleiter]] || [[Trevor Johnson (curler)|Trevor Johnson]] || Joshua Mattern || [[Matthieu Taillon]] |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Rylan Kleiter || Trevor Johnson || Joshua Mattern || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Rylan Kleiter || Trevor Johnson || Joshua Mattern || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Rylan Kleiter || Trevor Johnson || Joshua Mattern || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Rylan Kleiter || Trevor Johnson || Joshua Mattern || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | Rylan Kleiter || Trevor Johnson || Joshua Mattern || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Rylan Kleiter || Joshua Mattern || Trevor Johnson || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Rylan Kleiter || Joshua Mattern || Trevor Johnson || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Rylan Kleiter || Joshua Mattern || Trevor Johnson || Matthieu Taillon |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Rylan Kleiter || Joshua Mattern || [[Matthew Hall (curler)|Matthew Hall]] || Trevor Johnson |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Rylan Kleiter || Joshua Mattern || Matthew Hall || Trevor Johnson |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Rylan Kleiter || Matthew Hall || Joshua Mattern || Trevor Johnson |- ! scope="row"| 2026–27 | [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]] || Rylan Kleiter || Joshua Mattern || Trevor Johnson |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
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