Mark Dacey

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Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but originally from Saskatchewan.

Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, winning the 2004 Nokia Brier. He defeated Randy Ferbey's team, ending their 3-year in a row streak of winning the Brier. Dacey went on to win a bronze medal at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championship. He is also the husband of 2004 Nova Scotia women's curling champion Heather Smith-Dacey. Dacey was also Canadian runner-up at the 2003 Nokia Brier, and had a 6-5 record at the 2001 Nokia Brier. He was also a runner-up in the 1995 Brier, as the vice-skip for team Saskatchewan (skipped by Brad Heidt).

Dacey also won the 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. In 2005, Dacey was unable to win the Nova Scotia men's championship, which was required for him to attend the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier and defend his national title. In 2006, Dacey recaptured the provincial championship to return to the Brier. His team finished 7-4 in the round-robin, and defeated Alberta's Kevin Martin in the first playoff game. They lost to eventual champion Jean-Michel Ménard of Quebec in the semifinal, securing a third-place finish. The Dacey team announced it was taking a year off as of Tuesday April 9, 2007.

However, in the 2008 Nova Scotia provincials, all of the team is back except Dacey. Bruce Lohnes (Third),Rob Harris (Second), Andrew Gibson (Lead), are curling in the provincial finals with Colleen Jones' husband Scott Saunders skipping them.^[1]

His teammates (as of 2006) are: