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Issue 2 – Sunday, March 4, 2012 • An Offi cial Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. Fun times in ’ToonTeam Ontario shares a laugh on the opening day of the Saskatoon Brier Saturday. Nova Scotia leads the fi eld at 2-0 after Day 1. Sponsors of the Day January 10-13, 2013 • South Okanagan Events Centre • Penticton, BC See Sponsor Profi les on page 9 Page 2 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times Day 1 at The Brier Bluenose blitz out of the gate By Larry Wood want to put yourself in a Tankard Times Editor hole. “It wasn’t pretty. Call it a hey may not sustain typical Team Koe game — it for the week — not some good shorts and some Twith co-favourites bad shots. We mis-swept Kevin Koe and Glenn some. It was pretty sloppy Howard breathing down their but that’s to be expected — necks — but the rookie Nova we’re getting the feel for the Scotians skipped by Jamie ice. We made the ones to Murphy experienced a first win and that’s what counts. Tim Hortons Brier day to “I like the way the ice remember on Saturday at the looks so hopefully we’re get Credit Union Centre. better from here.” Murphy, 30, and his CFB In other second-draw Halifax team of Jordan contests, Manitoba’s Rob Pinder, Mike Bardsley and Fowler of Brandon squared Don McDermaid followed up his record on the day at 1-1 on an afternoon 9-5 victory with a 6-3 win over New over Jamie Koe’s Territories Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw team with an 10-4 evening (0-2) while Brad Jacobs of conquest of Charlottetown’s Northern Ontario won a see- Mike Gaudet to stay alone saw 7-6 affair from New- atop the heap of competitors foundland’s Brad Gushue in with a 2-and-0 record. an extra end. The Bluenosers left little The games were the first doubt of their first-year Brier of the tournament for all four intentions, hammering a five squads. on the board in the fourth “We knew coming in we end against the Polars, then were going to have a busy opening with a four-ender weekend,” said Brandon’s against the Islanders. Fowler. “We bounced back “I think we were more ner- in this game and got the win vous going out for practice, so it feels good. opening ceremonies and Hot “The two teams we played Shots,” said Murphy, “and today we didn’t know a lot when we were out in that about. And that didn’t really environment for a while it felt allow us to set up a game pretty good. plan and try to capitalize on “We’re happy with the certain things we’re familiar start. We’re just playing our with. own game. We’re trying to “Normally we’re known take it all in stride. Obviously to be able to crack an end it’s a very long week and this somewhere along the line is only Day One but it’s kind and we had a couple of of cool that we’re leading. chances to crack an end in “It’s been an awesome that first game and didn’t do experience and I know it’s it.” going to keep getting better.” Gushue, who shot 74 per The co-favourites got off cent in the evening while to single victories on the day. Jacobs was one percentage Alberta’s Koe of Calgary point better, admitted “we outpointed Jim Cotter of Brit- were horrible in the extra ish Columbia 9-5 on the late end”. shift while Ontario’s Howard “We missed our first six had an open hit to nudge shots. We had a horrible New Brunswick’s Terry Odis- line call in the ninth. We just haw 6-5 in the afternoon. made a lot of mistakes,” he “It was a good first win,” said. said Koe, who skipped the From Jacobs’s perspec- Brier winner two years ago tive, “it was a game we really at Halifax. needed”. “You always want to get off to a good start. You don’t Continued on 3 Nova Scotia skip Jamie Murphy won both of his games Saturday and leads the pack at 2-0. Sunday, March 4, 2012 Page 3 NLʼs Adam Casey and North- Continued from 2 game on the ice, and you’re al- take it. I was nervous all day. You ern Ontarioʼs E.J. Harnden in a ways unsure and I’m pretty happy. get up, go to the weight room, do “I think we were all a little ner- It’s a W.” a workout and get rid of it. I really nailbiter Saturday night. Northern vous and in the middle part of the Desjardins and Fowler waged a needed to be level-headed so Ontario won in an extra end. game we were really sloppy. But classic duel and the Manitoba skip mission accomplished. It was nice in the end we got the ‘ win and needed to manufacture a deuce to get out there and start playing that’s what we wanted.” in the 10th with last rock to force and get the nerves settled down.” A total of 9,826 took in the night overtime. The Manners team — Tyler action. With 10,021 fans looking Desjardins, also known as Lang, Ryan Deis, Mike Armstrong on in the afternoon, Quebec’s Curling-Bob, was looking at two – had the large crowd applauding Robert Desjardins and Saskatch- Manitoba counters, one biting the every shot. ewan’s Scott Manners also won in four-foot, when he drew his last “The crowd was awesome! “ their Brier debuts. rock cold to the button. Manners exclaimed. “They’re sup- Desjardins of Chicoutimi drew “It is great, you know?” said the porting us 100 per cent. You can’t the button in an extra end to Quebec skip. “Eleventh end? Our ask for anything more in the way upend Fowler 7-6 while the un- second game like that in a row? of support. sung Manners of the Battlefords Last game of our provincials I had “Did you guys hear ‘mind your doubled up 8-4 on Gaudet’s the same thing — draw to the Manners’ out there? I heard that Prince Edward Island unit. button in an extra end? And again a bunch. It was still exciting, you Ontario jumped in front of New here, the same thing, draw to the bet. I’m still trying to keep my feet Brunswick by three after two ends button. It’s fantastic. on the ground. This is exactly but the Odishaw gang battled “I knew I could do it already, what I came to the Brier to experi- back to force the issue to the last but it’s fun. I mean, it was the ence.” gasp. fi rst-ever complete game for me The Bluenosers’ big fi ve set A steal of a ninth-end single on TV. I think this shows what them off to a 6-1 after four ends kept Odishaw in it when Howard Quebec is made of.” against the Territories. rolled too far on a hit for a pos- Manners broke open a score- “They played fairly aggressively sible game-ending three count. less battle in the third end with that end and a couple of rub-offs “But Brent (second Laing) made three, and scored another trio in and we were able manufacture it,” a beauty double in the 10th and the fi fth for a 6-1 lead. After that, it said Murphy. I had an open hit to win it,” said was a matter of defending for the “It was pretty intense to be Howard, the 2007 Brier winner. Saskatchewan outfi t. sure. It’s great to get one under “But, yeah, it was a little nerve- “Today, everybody shot really our belt, break the ice a little bit. I racking at the end. well and it was a great start to the think it will take the nerves out of “Thing is, we didn’t know we week,” said the skip who lives in it going forward. 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