The first time curling appeared in the Winter Games was in 1924. That was the last time Britain’s men won gold in the event as only three teams competed.
While the women’s team won gold in 2002 and 2022, the men have only been among the medals twice since.
Mouat’s rink had to settle for silver four years ago in Beijing after being edged out by Sweden.
And at Sochi 2014, a GB rink lost in the final to a Canadian team skipped by Brad Jacobs, who will lead them again on Saturday.
Among the British men he beat that day, were current GB coaches Michael Goodfellow and Greg Drummond, as well as David Murdoch, who is now the Canada high performance director.
Canada also beat the British quartet in the round robin this month.
Bad omens or just fuel for revenge?