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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 ’s Territories Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw team with an 10-4 evening (0-2) while 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 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 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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Page 4 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times A double-malt Scottish flavour for Manitoba t’s the No. 1 trivia question at the Credit most enticing “I remember,” says , “We’d planned to be over here just after Union Centre this week: Name the stories right “they picked me up at the airport. I was an Christmas time. But it got delayed because Iworld junior championship graduates now. exchange student. I’d come over for seven we qualified for the Scottish Junior Nation- playing in the Tim Hortons Brier who never The broth- months. We looked at some farms. I liked als. We played that and won that so we have played in the Canadian junior cham- ers played the one they decided to buy out in Brandon. had to delay again. But, in the end, it was a pionship. with second We went back to Scotland, signed all the perfect fit.” The answer, of course, is the Scotties Colin Beckett, papers, arranged for the emigration. And “We already had the farm,” says Allan, from Brandon who moved across the pond lead Frazer during the time we were back in Scotland “so we knew where we were going. It was scant days after appearing in the 1992 Hare and al- for four months in ‘92 we won the Scottish 15 minutes west of Brandon at Alexander — Worlds at Oberstdorf, Germany. Scottish- ternate Laren Juniors.” and just three miles off the Trans Canada born Allan and William Lyburn have been Gillespie on “The move was totally business,” recalls Highway.” scrapping at the competitive level in Mani- a Stranraer Allan. “It really had nothing to do with curl- William and lost the 1995 toba ever since and, finally, have deserv- team that won ing. But the fact that Canada was such a Manitoba junior final to Chris Galbraith, who edly reached a new measure of success. the Scottish LARRY WOOD great curling country definitely helped.” wet on to win the Canadian title that year. Allan, 40, is tossing third stones for Rob Juniors in 1992, Tankard Times “Dad and Mom didn’t want us to be “But since then the farm has been sold,” says Allan. “Me dad retired and eventually Fowler at this Brier while younger brother along about the Editor out in the boonies,” adds William. “They William, 36, who skipped the semi-final los- time the Lyburn knew we’d want to be somewhere close to we got out of the farming business entirely. er at the Manitoba Safeway championship clan was in the process of migrating to curling. So Brandon seemed like a pretty I now work for Krevco Lifestyles, which Wil- last month, is handling fifth-player duties. Manitoba. good spot. There were a lot of good teams. liam owns.” Both have been around long enough “It was me and me dad,” recalls rangy But we didn’t know about minus-20 and Krevco seels hot tubs and swimming to understand the appeal of the Brier and Allan Lyburn. “William was still going to minus-30 yet. We do now.” pools. curling in Canada. They played together for school. We used to have a dairy farm but It never gets that frigid in Stranraer, the “I got involved in it out of college in 1996 years. Parted about five years ago. we sold it many years ago. And farming was home of Hammy MacMillan, Norman Brown and it progressed from there,” says William To boot, it has been a breakthrough year tough in Scotland and we wanted to get and other Scottish curlng champs of note. Lyburn. “I’ve been in Winnipeg the last two for the entire Brandon-based team, calling back into the dairy business but it was too “So we went to Oberstdorf to the World years but we have five retail stores and a halt to a long run of provincial titles for expensive when we wanted to buy back in. Juniors,” says Allan Lyburn. “We didn’t do I was fortunate enough to talk Allan into Winnipeg’s and delaying the We looked at options. One of the alterna- so well. We were 4-5. (Stefan Heilmann of learning the business and he’s the parts coronation of the supposed next kingpin tives was to migrate to Canada. My mom Switzerland won it). We had some problems manager at our Brandon location. Hopefully, Mike McEwen, another native of Brandon. and dad were out here at the Worlds in there. But we went back to Scotland and 10 it’ll be a long arrangement.” But the long road to Canada’s men’s curl- 1991 (Winnipeg) and they were looking at days later we emigrated to Canada.” ing showcase for these Scotties is one of its some farms.” “We actually delayed that,” said William. Continued on 5

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That’s good and bad. bigger than the Scottish playdowns and far When it comes to competing against one tougher. You come to a Brier and you mul- another, of course, we want to beat each tiply that times 10 as far as the crowds go. other. We had to stop curling together be- I mean, there’s nothing in the world comes cause it just wasn’t working any more. And close to a Brier. It might not be the best rather than getting involved with our broth- competition in the world. I think the Olym- erly relationship we went our separate ways pic trials is probably the toughest to win in and kept our closeness outside of that.” Canada . . and the world.” “We played together for the last time five William Lyburn chuckles. years ago,” recalls Allan. “I still skipped for “He means Manitoba, and then the Brier,” another three years after that and William he says. “This thing is province against skipped his own team. Then two years ago territory and you get the fans chanting I made the decision to stop skipping and against each other for their teams. It’s just a join Rob (Fowler). We played each other in nice, big, fun place to be. At the same time, the semi-final. It definitely was as nervous a everybody’s representing their province or game as I’ve played. I mean, I was playing territory and is definitely unique and you’d against my brother and one of us was going never want to change that” to lose. At the end I was glad to have won “It’s goosebumples,” says Allan. but it was gut-wrenching realizing that we’d “The TV coverage is unprecedented, too. put him out of the championship.” TSN does a fantastic job. And it’s good for “I was disappointed to lose,” admits Wil- our team to get out because people in the liam. “But the other part was, I was happy curling world know who we are but a lot the that Allan and my good friends were going curling fans don’t, and it doesn’t hurt for to have a chance to win the Brier here. It sponsorship, either.” was bittersweet, but if I was going to lose to “It doesn’t matter how many points you anybody that’s the team I’d want to lose to, have, or how much cash you’ve won, you right?” have to go out and win your provincial After years of watching it, Allan Lyburn is championship and get here,” sums up Wil- in seventh heaven to be playing in the Brier. liam Lyburn. Scotland’s 1992 junior champs: Top, left to right, skip Allan Lyburn, second “It’s a dream come true,” he says. “You “Because you get extra money, or extra sit at home and watch it on TSN for so points, or extra sponsorship, it means noth- Colin Beckett, lower, lead Fraser Hare and third William Lyburn. Below, the many years. Thing was, we’ve always been ing. You have to go and win that. And every Lyburn brothers Allan and William, part of Rob Fowler’s Manitoba crew in competitive curlers and quite a few of the team that’s here has won the right to be Saskatoon. teams we knew from different provinces. part of the Brier.” And you’d think, jeez, it’d be nice to be there but Manitoba is such a tough province to come out of, along with Alberta. I man, it’s really hard to get here. So it’s just great to be here.” “I’m going to take it all in and try to use it as a building block for experience to bring back to my team,” says William. “And I’m here for these guys. We’re a solid team and they’ve welcomed me as a team member. You don’t know exactly what your role is go- ing in but I’m going to do what I can and be ready and if something happens and I need to go out on the ice. Basically, I have a front-row seat and as Allan said, you know, we’ve always watched the Manitoba teams on TV and we’ve always known that we’re capable of being there. It’s just that you have to somehow get it done. And these guys got it done, and I’m just glad to be a part of it.” Allan Lyburn has been back to Scotland once in all these years. “I meant to go back a few more times but it never seemed to happen,” he says. “My parents go back quite often. I’m hoping one of my cousins is getting married and that’ll be an excuse to go back. My wife never has been here. And neither has my daughter. But I’ve also thought about going back Page 6 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times Quebec • Team Desjardins Road to Saskatoon

Chicoutimi’s Robert Desjardins has competed Steeve Gagnon of Montreal survived the C qualify- and competed at his province’s men’s champion- ing, each with 4-2 records. ship for years without success as a skip. Menard ousted Gagnon 10-7 in the sudden- So finally, a year ago, he joined skip Francois death playoff leading to the semi-final. In the Page Gagne as third player and, lo, the success of the One-Two, Lemay upended Desjardins 8-5 for his team was instant. fifth straight win. That’s at the provincial level. Once at the Brier in That dropped Desjardins to the semi against London, it was a different story. The team struggled Menard, an old foe, and Desjardins persevered by to a 3-8 record. a 7-4 count. Which brings the story around to this year with In the final, Lemay took a 5-2 lead into the fifth Desjardins returning to the teehead with Jean-Se- end where Desjardins manufactured a deuce. bastien Roy at third, Steven Munroe at second and He then stole a killer deuce in the sixth end and Steeve Vlleneuve at lead. another single in the ninth after Lemay had blanked Again, Desjardins hit an inside straight at the two ends in a row. provincials, winning six of eight matches for another But Lemay wasn’t finished. He posted the tying trip to the Tim Hortons Brier, this time in Saskatoon. deuce in the 10th but Desjardins, with advantage of This will be the second Brier trip for Roy and Vil- hammer, scored the 8-7 winner in an extra end. leneuve along with their skip. Munroe is a rookie. Lemay finished 5-1 to Desjardins’s 6-2. Menard Roy played second for Daniel Lefleur of Montreal was 5-3 Gagnon and Gagne of Montreal, Desjar- in 2004 (finished 3-8). Villeneuve played lead for dins’s old skip and the defending champion, were Serge Reid two years ago at Halifax. That squad 4-3. logged a 5-6 record. Up the track – Simon Dupuis of Thurso, Pierre Desjardins hit an open switch in his first game in Gervais of Trois-Rivieres and Simon Hebert of Baie the 12-team triple-knockout Quebec championship Coleau at 2-3, former champion Martin Ferland of at Kenogami, but rebounded to win four straight and St-Romuald, Levon Golberg of Pointe-Claire and take the B qualifier berth in the Page One-Two final. Frederic Marchand of Trois-Rivieres at 1-3. Win- Philippe Lemay of Trois-Rivieres won four straight less in three starts was Reid’s outfit from the home to claim the A qualifier berth. Former Canadian club. champion Jean-Michel Menard of St-Romuald and Robert Desjardins Sunday, March 4, 2012 Page 7

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7. Garnet Campbell, 1947. Campbell, Garnet 7. 14. Doug Wankel, Elbow. Wankel, Doug 14.

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5. John Franklin, Bob Ellert. Bob Franklin, John 5. lock, Billy Walsh, Don Duguid, Orest Me- Orest Duguid, Don Walsh, Billy lock,

4. Winnipeg in 2008. in Winnipeg 4. 13. Leo Johnson, Jimmy Welsh, Ab Gowan- Ab Welsh, Jimmy Johnson, Leo 13.

3. Pat Simmons Pat 3. 12. Manitoba 12.

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www.alpineplantfoods.com Sunday, March 4, 2012 Page 11 “Every part of this has been amazing. ‘The Brier is in Saskatoon and we’re send The fans are unbelievable. There’s a lot of WHO?’ chanting and cheering. And that’s even at Saskatchewan teams have only managed the opening ceremonies before you even get to produce winning records at the Brier 15 to the games. times in the last 30 years. “Being drummed in for that with all those Hey, they’ve already matched Don Gar- people in the stands dressed up to show diner of Lemberg who went 1-10 in 1987 and their support for the different provinces, is the performance of Jim Packett of Estevan defi nitely something to remember forever.” who went 1-10 in 1997. Brier rookie Jamie Murphy, after skipping Next to catch are Doug Harcourt of Quill Nova Scotia to 9-5 win over Jamie Koe of the Lake in 1994 and Joel Jordison of Moose Territories featuring a fi ve-point fourth end, Jaw in 2009 who both skidded to 3-8 records. stood surrounded by television cameras and Saskatchewan has won only 11 of their last reporters, his team-mates surrounded the 33 games at the Brier. But sometime on the scene taking pictures. way here, this province decided that these “This is my fi rst interview,” he said. guys were a fuzzy-wuzzy feel-good story “It’s been a pretty interesting day. The and decided to welcome them to the sixth whole three days since I arrived here have Saskatoon hosting of the Brier with a giant been pretty interesting. group hug. “It’s just been a surreal experience – the “It was fantastic,” said Manners, who experience of a lifetime. I mean, it’s just crazy blanked the fi rst two ends and then hit Mike to come in and see all those people. It was Gaudet of PEI with three rookies on his team, great to get off to the start we had to take the with a pair of three-enders en route to an nerves out of it.” 8-4 win. The fi rst produced an explosion of Try putting yourself in the curling shoes of applause. Scott Manners. “I was nervous today. Nervous all day. The Saskatchewan skip couldn’t stop “It was amazing to be in the Hot Shots,” he beaming as he walked in behind the bag- said of being one of eight curlers to qualify pipes, his head on a slow swivel looking for the fi nal eight of the skills competition around the stands. between the opening ceremonies and the fi rst “It was good to look around. I wanted draw. to feel the crowd and savour the scene. I “I never had a chance to win a car before. wanted to get the crowd behind us, too.” “I just can’t tell you how it feels to be from When Manners and his Lloydminister Bor- Saskatchewan and be at a Brier in Saskatch- der Kings won Saskatchewan, nobody had ewan,” he said. ever heard of them before. And it was like the Scott Manners: Brier rookie at 39 The 39-year-old wheat farmer gave Sas- air came out of the province when they won. katchewan what wheat farmers live on. Hope.

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Teams New Brunswick Tomorrow – 1:00 pm Teams Saskatchewan & Quebec & Prince Edward Island Tuesday – 1:00 pm Teams Manitoba & Nova Scotia sessions Wednesday – 1:00 pm Teams Alberta & Today – 6:00 pm school Newfoundland/Labrador Thursday – 1:00 pm Teams Ontario & Teams Northern Ontario Northwest Territories/Yukon junior & British Columbia program Saturday – 12:30 pm All team session The British Columbiaschool and Alberta teams will be in the Purple Heart Lounge today for the Up Close and Personal interview – the perfect place for fans to get an insight to the personalities of Canada’s best curlers. upstars close Jim Cotter is making his third Brier appearance, the first coming in 2008 when he threw fourth stones for the British and Columbia reprentatives prograskipped by Bob Ursel. Cotter movedm into the skip position for last year’s Brier and is back at the junior helm again in Saskatoon. personal Team Alberta is headed up by Kevin Koe, competing in his second championship. In his first trip to the Tim Hortons Brier in 2010, Koe took the Tankard in a dramatic last-rock victory in the extra end and then went on to win Today – 5:30 pm the Capital One World Men’s Curling Championship. stars upTeams Britishclose Columbia & Alberta Tomorrow – 5:30 pm Teams Manitoba & New Brunswick 50/50 Tuesday – 5:30 pm Teams Northern Ontario & Newfoundland/Labrador and Wednesday – 5:30 pm Teams Saskatchewan & Ontario personalgreat tastes Thursday – 5:30 pm Teams Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island autographdraws Friday – 5:30 pm Teams Northwest Territories/Yukon & Quebec of the sessionspatchPick up some big cash just by purchasing a The winner is: 50/50 50/50 ticket available during every draw at the Draw 1 Brier! It’s an electronic system so you can watch Cory Czarnecki - Edmonton, AB great tastesthe prize grow while you enjoy the excitement – $13,312.50 autographdraws on the ice! Winners will be featured each day $13,312.50 of the right here in the Party Line. patchDraw 1 - 50/50 winner Cory Czarnecki andsessions counting… school from Edmonton. SaskEnergy Junior The SaskEnergyprogra Junior Stars program hasm given 24 Stars Ashley Randall and junior Austen Carles join young curlers from clubs throughout Saskatchewan Brier Bear as they the chance to share the spotlight with the players. prepare to appear with Today’s As honouraryschool members of the Brier teams, they Team Nova Scotia before stars will appear with them in pre-game ceremonies. the opening draw. 1:30 pm Drawprogram 6:30 pm Draw junior Team Northern Ontario Team Ontario Kyle Hungle Regina Bailey Kozma Carievale Christine Scherr Saskatoon Jacob Scriven Saskatoon stars 50/50 draws great tastes of the 50/50 patch draws great tastes of the patch Page 14 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times

Territories Meet the Teams Skip: Jamie Koe cashspiels? Napping Birthdate: November 3, 1977 Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs Birthplace: Yellowknife up? Thumbs down? And why? Down, who Hometown: Yellowknife cares Delivery: Right One thing most people donʼt know about Nickname: JK you? Fairly easygoing Do you have any superstitions: Stick to Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold the same routine. medal: Outturn meatball up the centre, Three people, living or not, whom you make contact would invite to a dinner party: Quagmire, ••• Dos Equis, Peter Griffi n Third: Tom Naugler If you could be a star in any other sport, Birthdate: November 29, 1972 what would it be, and why? Golf, to play Birthplace: Halifax, NS Augusta Hometown: Yellowknife, NT If you could change any rule in curling, Delivery: right which rules would it be, and why? Allow Nickname: heckling, trash talk during deliveries Do you have any superstitions: none What music, if any, do you listen to the Three people, living or not, whom you most? Prime Country would invite to a dinner party: Bill Gates, Your favourite website: hockeybuzz.com John Lennon and Wayne Gretzky – I fi gure Your favourite vacation destination: Brier that thereʼd be some interesting conversa- Patch tions popping up out of that combination. Your favourite food: Meat If you could be a star in any other sport, One pet peeve: Kevin Koe what would it be, and why? One person who has most infl uenced Golf or tennis – you determine your own your curling career, and why? My parents fate by playing well, plus thereʼs a lot of First on your bucket list? 4 Charity Spiels, money to be won! same year Team Territories Favourite pastime between draws at Continued on 15

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Visit saskatoonsportstourism.ca for a complete listing of events, facilities and our services or call 306.931.7583 to speak to one of our knowledgeable sports tourism team. Sunday, March 4, 2012 Page 15 If you could change any rule in curling, which rules would Your favourite website: First on your bucket list? NHL Winter Classic Favourite pas- it be, and why? Allow any team Iʼm on to have 9 rocks an Your favourite vacation destination: Hawaii time between draws at cashspiels? Euchre Mixed doubles in end! Your favourite food: Steak the Olympics - thumbs up? Thumbs down? And why? Thumbs What music, if any, do you listen to the most? Mainly rock. One pet peeve: People who kneel on the ice after their down. Never played it. Your favourite website: TSN.ca and Yahoo.ca shot One thing most people donʼt know about you? That I love Your favourite vacation destination: Anywhere hot! Most One person who has most infl uenced your curling career, 80s music Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold medal: recently, Italy is my favourite. and why? First curling coach, George Gibson Throw through. Every leadʼs ideal shot! Your favourite food: my homemade pizza! First on your bucket list? Fly across Canada in my fl oat One pet peeve: None – Iʼm pretty easy going. plane Fifth: Greg Skauge One person who has most infl uenced your curling career, Favourite pastime between draws at cashspiels? Birthdate: July 19/74 and why? My father – he picked up curling at a late age Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs up? Thumbs Birthplace: Quesnel, BC and still managed to get to a National Championship. down? And why? Thumbs down. Hometown: Holbein, Sask First on your bucket list? Take my family to Disneyworld. One thing most people donʼt know about you? That we Delivery: One of kind Favourite pastime between draws at cashspiels? A few own a fi shing lodge Nickname: Everybody just calls me Skauge beverages and a nap! Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold medal: Draw to Do you have any superstitions: winning socks Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs up? Thumbs the button Three people, living or not, whom you would invite to a down? And why? Iʼll say thumbs up for now – more curling ••• dinner party: Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus,Derek Jeter exposure is good! Lead: Robert Borden If you could be a star in any other sport, what would it be, One thing most people donʼt know about you? That I Birthdate: October 3, 1986 and why? Golf, I like the idea of you against the course have a temper? Birthplace: Yellowknife, NT If you could change any rule in curling, which rules would Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold medal: Draw to Hometown: Yellowknife, NT it be, and why? 5 rock rule, more rocks in play the button (with backing). Delivery: Flatfoot What music, if any, do you listen to the most?Country and ••• Nickname: Bordo old rock Second: Brad Chorostkowski Do you have any superstitions: No Your favourite website: TSN Birthdate: Sept 5,1973 Three people, living or not, whom you would invite to a Your favourite vacation destination: Saskatchewan(at least Birthplace: Yellowknife dinner party: Sir Robert Laird Borden, Che Guevara, Eddie this is where I always seem to end up) Hometown: same Money If you could be a star in any other sport, what would Your favourite food:Steak Delivery: Right it be, and why? Golf. Iʼm so bad at it that I would be awe- One pet peeve: people who are late Nickname: Plummer some to be great at it. One person who has most infl uenced your curling career, Do you have any superstitions Same route to rink, same If you could change any rule in curling, which rules would and why? Linda Miller shirts it be, and why? Thinking time. It just makes sense. First on your bucket list?Playing the Brier Three people, living or not, whom you would invite to What music, if any, do you listen to the most? “Indie” mu- Favourite pastime between draws at cashspiels? Cards a dinner party: Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer sic. Hate that term, but itʼs the most common way to describe Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs up? Thumbs Aniston it. down? And why? Why not, if it brings more interest to the If you could be a star in any other sport, what would it be, Your favourite website: HF Boards game of curling! and why? Any sport that would pay me lots of money Your favourite vacation destination: Cuba Your favourite One thing most people donʼt know about you?I hate to If you could change any rule in curling, which rules would food: Bacon and eggs One pet peeve: Rude drivers. lose it be, and why? One person who has most infl uenced your curling career, Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold medal: What music, if any, do you listen to the most? Country and why? My dad. Got me into the sport when I was young. Out turn draw to the button

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Visit saskgaming.com for more information about our Community Relations program. Page 16 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times Nova Scotia • Team Murphy Road to Saskatoon Nova Scotia has shipped a new rookie “It was the hardest fi ve-point lead we’ve playdowns, three times this foursome to the Tim Hortons Brier in Saska- ever had, that’s for sure,” Murphy said. weekend, and they deserved it, so hats off toon and the skip professes to be speech- Pinder had a strong series and crafted a to them.” less heading in. brilliant double-takeout in the 10th to leave Dacey and teammates Tom Sullivan, Aided by a pivotal steal of three points Dacey with no options in the fi nal. Andrew Gibson and Travis Colter, had to in the second end, Canadian Forces Base “It’s surreal right now,” said Pinder. scramble to make the fi nal in a 7-6 semi- Halifax’s Jamie Murphy toppled former Brier “We’ve trained so hard for the last couple fi nal win in an extra end over Mayfl ower’s champ of Halifax Mayfl ower 7-5 of years and it fi nally paid off results-wise. Kent Smith. in the fi nal of the Molson Tankard provincial Words can’t describe it. Three times Dacey scored deuces and men’s curling championship at a packed “We’re all friends. I’ve curled with these three times Smith answered with back-to- Bridgewater Curling Club last month. guys for the last couple of years. I couldn’t back singles to tie the score. Dacey made The 30-year-old Murphy and teammates pick three other guys with whom I’d rather use of the hammer in overtime. Jordan Pinder, Mike Bardsley and Donald go to my fi rst Brier.” The Bluenose championship was an McDermaid capped a 7-2 week with a pair Murphy, with the hammer, put it to use eight-team round-robin affair with Murphy, of playoff wins over Dacey, including 5-3 with an open draw for a deuce in the fi rst Dacey and former champion Ian Fitzner- earlier in the Page One-Two playoff match. end. His nifty hit-and-roll on his fi rst rock set LeBlanc all fashioning 5-and-2 records. Murphy’s win denied Dacey a sixth Nova up the two points. Smith, who claimed fourth place in the Scotia win and a return to his hometown of True trouble came in the second with preliminary, knocked off Fitzner-LeBlanc 8-3 Saskatoon, where he won his Brier in 2004. Dacey facing four on his fi rst toss and three in the Page Three-Four tilt, overhauling a Murphy, Pinder and McDermaid have on his last. His draw to the four-foot was 3-2 defi cit with four in the seventh end and been together for three years and Bardsley light for the decisive triple theft. a followup steal of two in the eighth. came aboard this season. Dacey took one in the third and stole the In the end, Brier-bound Murphy posted “It just feels awesome, I can’t even be- fi fth when Murphy missed a slashing angle- Jamie Murphy a 7-2 record while Dacey, a Saskatoon na- lieve it,” said Murphy. “We just played great. double for a possible deuce. tive who won the Brier the last time it was We had a great fi nal and we played great Murphy had the game in his hands in pair to trail 6-4. They traded points in played in the Hub City, was 6-4, Smith was all week and I was just so happy to keep it the sixth with a routine hit for four and a the eighth and ninth. 5-4 and Fitzner-LeBlanc was 5-3. going today. I can’t wait (for the Brier). I’m possible 9-2 lead. But he was off line and Dacey said his team gave an honest fi ght Trailing the leaders, Peter Burgess of so excited. I’m speechless.” caught a guard, leading to a single point after the early setback. Truro and Chad Stevens of Chester were Dacey trailed 5-0 after two ends of the that kept Dacey alive. “But when you dig too deep a hole it’s 3-4, Brent MacDougall of Halifax was 2-5 surprising fi nal but made Murphy keep Murphy missed a tough double with his kinda hard,” he said. “But Jamie played and Ian Juurlink of Halifax checked in at throwing until his fi rst rock of the 10th end. last in the seventh and Dacey drew for a excellent. He beat us four times in these 1-6.

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Manitoba has won the most Briers with 26. proud sponsor of Sunday, March 4, 2012 Page 19 One pet peeve: Being late, although I am One pet peeve: Tardiness. Iʼm always early If you could change any rule in curling, Nickname: Nace always late so Iʼm not a fan of being late for anything. which rules would it be, and why? Hog Line Do you have any superstitions Yes to not One person who has most infl uenced your One person who has most infl uenced your Violation, because Iʼm always so close. have any superstitions. curling career, and why? Both parents, if I have curling career, and why? 5 time Brier par- What music, if any, do you listen to the most? Three people, living or not, whom you would to choose I still have to say both ticipant Harold Keith – he was my neighbor My favorite band would be Fleetwood Mac ( invite to a dinner party: Garnet Campbell, Sam First on your bucket list? Brier, NO QUES- and a team driver at the 1980 World Curling I have all their music), favorite singer is Stevie Richardson, Jack MacDuff TION Championship in Moncton. He also gave me Nicks (I have all her songs), I have always If you could be a star in any other sport, Favourite pastime between draws at cash- a Team Sweden broom they were using. It may enjoyed pop music throughout all the decades. what would it be, and why? Pro Poker Player- spiels? sleeping have been one of the fi rst push brooms used in Your favourite website: tie – TSN & ESPN Love the game and lots of cash Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs competition. Your favourite vacation destination: Any- If you could change any rule in curling, up? Thumbs down? And why? Thumbs up for First on your bucket list? Vic Rauterʼs job in where where itʼs warm and I can play golf. which rules would it be, and why? Should have more curling, Thumbs down for sweeping your the booth beside my neighbor Russ some day. Your favourite food: tie between Spaghetti, to stop your slide by the hogline like it used to own rocks I think I could talk about curling a little bit to set pizza and perogies be. The game is too easy with players sliding One thing most people donʼt know about Russ up for his input. Maybe weʼll give it a try One pet peeve: Bad Drivers so far down the ice. you? Iʼve represented NB in both summer and this week eh Vic? One person who has most infl uenced What music, if any, do you listen to the winter Canada games. (softball/ curling) Favourite pastime between draws at cash- your curling career, and why?For me it was most? Whatever the kids put on my Ipod. Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold spiels? Relax, eat, hydrate and TV two individuals. Rick Folk from Saskatoon; Your favourite website: CBSSportsline.com medal: Draw to the 4 foot! Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs represented Canada in the 1980 Silver Broom Your favourite vacation destination: Any- ••• up? Thumbs down? And why? Thumbs up. in Moncton. Al Hackner, His shot in the 1985 where with good golf courses. Second: Anything that gets more attention to our sport Brier in Moncton Your favourite food: Honey Garlic chicken Birthdate: November 4, 1971 is great for the game. First on your bucket list? Watch a NY Yankee wings. Birthplace: Moncton, New Brunswick One thing most people donʼt know about game at Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox. One pet peeve: Unnecessary meetings that Hometown: Moncton, New Brunswick you? I donʼt know everything but donʼt tell Favourite pastime between draws at cash- waste my time. Delivery: Right anyone. spiels? Watching Sports on TV or Reading. One person who has most infl uenced your Nickname: Jonesy Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs curling career, and why? My father-Walter Do you have any superstitions - No such medal: Draw to the four foot on good ice with up? Thumbs down? And why? Thumbs down, Nason. Introduced me to the game. thing good sweepers. I would much rather see a normal Mixed First on your bucket list? Go to the Masters, Three people, living or not, whom you would ••• Olympic event. Same as our Canadian Mixed Fenway and Olympics. invite to a dinner party: Bono from U2, Wayne Lead: Grant Odishaw, lead Championship. Have the past 3 or 4 Canadian Favourite pastime between draws at cash- Gretzky & Bill Clinton Birthdate: July 21, 1964 Mixed Champions and runner-ups play in a spiels? TV and sleep. If you could be a star in any other sport, Birthplace: Vancouver, BC double round robin Olympic Trial type event to Mixed doubles in the Olympics — thumbs what would it be, and why? Golf, you can Hometown: Moncton, NB win the right to represent Canada. up? Thumbs down? And why? Thumbs down. keep playing that professionally longer. Delivery: Right One thing most people donʼt know about That is not how this great game is meant to be If you could change any rule in curling, Do you have any superstitions; None that I you? I eat Salt Nʼ Vinegar Chips every day. played. which rules would it be, and why? Time clock can think of Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold One thing most people donʼt know about needs to be based on decision time. Three people, living or not, whom you would medal: A draw to the four foot. you?Represented New Brunswick in 2 Canada What music, if any, do you listen to the invite to a dinner party: Wayne Gretzky, Derek ••• Summer Games for tennis. most? Anything but classical and country. Jeter, Fred Couples Fifth: Roger Nason Your ideal shot to win an Olympic gold Your favourite website: www.bet365.com If you could be a star in any other sport, Birthdate: December 8, 1964 medal: Just hit the paint baby!! Your favourite vacation destination: Scotland what would it be, and why? 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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011TOTAL AQuebec (Desjardins) 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7 00:46 A NS (Murphy) *4 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 X X 10 18:02 Manitoba (Fowler) *0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 00:55 PE (Gaudet) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X 4 11:45

BPE (Gaudet) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 03:07 BBC (Cotter) 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 5 07:22 SK (Manners) *0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 8 13:36 Alberta (Koe) *3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 9 08:29

COntario (Howard) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 07:30 CNL (Gushue) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 00:12 NB (Odishaw) *0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 02:07 N. Ont (Jacobs) *1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 01:53

D NS (Murphy) 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 X X 9 18:34 D NB (Odishaw) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 03:34 NT/YT (Koe) *0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X X 5 18:02 Manitoba (Fowler)*0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6 01:46

*last rock advantage *last rock advantage

Team Standings After 1 Draw(s) Team Standings After 2 Draw(s)

Future Games Future Games Team Wins Losses 2 3 4 Team Wins Losses 3 4 5 Quebec (Desjardins) 1 0 ­­ ­­ AB NS (Murphy) 2 0 BC ­­ NB NS (Murphy) 1 0 PE BC ­­ Quebec (Desjardins) 1 0 ­­ AB SK SK (Manners) 1 0 ­­ ­­ BC N. Ont (Jacobs) 1 0 PE NT/YT ­­ Ontario (Howard) 1 0 ­­ ­­ NL SK (Manners) 1 0 ­­ BC QC NL (Gushue) 0 0 NO MB ON Ontario (Howard) 1 0 ­­ NL NT/YT N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 NL PE NT/YT Alberta (Koe) 1 0 NB QC ­­ Alberta (Koe) 0 0 BC NB QC Manitoba (Fowler) 1 1 NL ­­ PE BC (Cotter) 0 0 AB NS SK NT/YT (Koe) 0 1 ­­ NO ON NT/YT (Koe) 0 1 ­­ ­­ NO NL (Gushue) 0 1 MB ON ­­ NB (Odishaw) 0 1 MB AB ­­ BC (Cotter) 0 1 NS SK ­­ PE (Gaudet) 0 1 NS NO ­­ NB (Odishaw) 0 2 AB ­­ NS Manitoba (Fowler) 0 1 NB NL ­­ PE (Gaudet) 0 2 NO ­­ MB

Draw Draw Draw 2: 03/03 18:30 Draw 3: 03/04 8:30 Draw 4: 03/04 13:30 Draw 3: 03/04 8:30 Draw 4: 03/04 13:30 Draw 5: 03/04 18:30 Times Draw ScheduleTimes Attendance Draw 1: 10021 Total: 10021 Attendance Draw 2: 9826 Total: 19847 Date Local Draw A B C D March 4, 2012Scoring and Percentages Summary for Draw 1 8:30am 3 AB vs NB MB vs NL BC vs NS Scoring and Percentages Summary for Draw 2 NO vs PE March© COPYRIGHT 2009 CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4, 2012 1:30pm Draw 1 4 SK vs BC NT/YT vs NO QC vs© COPYRIGHT 2009 CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED AB P. 1NL / 7 vs ON Draw 2 P. 1 / 8

March 4, 2012 6:30pm1 2 3 4 55 6 7 8NT/YT 91011TOTAL vs ON NB vs NS PE vs MB SK vs1 QC 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL March 5, 2012 8:30am 6 QC vs ON SK vs NT/YT AQuebec (Desjardins) 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7 00:46 A NS (Murphy) *4 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 X X 10 18:02 March 5, 2012 1:30pm 7 NB vs NO AB vs PE NS vs NL MB vs BC Manitoba (Fowler) *0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 00:55 PE (Gaudet)0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X 4 11:45 March 5, 2012 6:30pm 8 AB vs SK NL vs NT/YT BC vs QC ON vs NO QC #SH PTS PCT MB #SH PTS PCT NS #SH PTS PCT PE #SH PTS PCT March 1Steeve Villeneuve6, 2012 8:30am 22 73 83 1Derek Samagalski9 MB vs NS 22NO 78 vs 89 BC NB vs PE1Donald McDermaid AB vs NL 13 42 81 1Sean Clarey 16 60 94 March 2Steven Munroe6, 2012 1:30pm 22 73 83 2Richard Daneault10 BC vs NL 22ON 75 vs 85 SK AB vs NO1 Kyle Schmeisser QC vs NT/YT 2 6 75 2Tyler Harris 10 32 80 March 3Jean­Sebastien Roy6, 2012 6:30pm 22 62 70 3Allan Lyburn11 PE vs NT/YT 22 NB 75 vs 85 QC MB vs ON2 Mike Bardsley SK vs NS 16 53 83 2Andrew Robinson 6 20 83 March 4Robert Desjardins7, 2012 8:30am 22 72 82 124Rob Fowler NO vs QC 21NT/YT 63 75 vs AB NL vs SK3Jordan Pinder BC vs ON 16 50 78 3 Tyler MacKenzie 16 47 73 March 7,Team Totals 2012 1:30pm88 280 80 13Team Totals SK vs NB 87291PE vs 84 ON QC vs NS4 Jamie Murphy NT/YT vs MB 16 57 89 4Mike Gaudet 16 48 75 March 7, 2012 6:30pm 14 MB vs AB NS vs NO PE vs BCTeam Totals NL vs NB 63208 83 Team Totals 64207 81 March 8, 2012 18:30am 2 3 4 5 615 7 8ON 910TOTAL vs NS SK vs MB NT/YT vs NB PE vs QC March BPE (Gaudet)8, 2012 01:30pm 0 0 1 0 116 0 2NL 0 vs X PE 4 03:07BC vs NB NO vs MB NS vs1 AB 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL March 8,SK (Manners)*0 2012 6:30pm 0 3 0 3 017 1 0NT/YT 1 X vs BC8 1QC3:36 vs NL ON vs ABBBC (Cotter) NO vs 0 SK 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 5 07:22 March 9,PE 2012 8:30am#SH PTS PCT TBSK Tie-breaker#SH PTSif necessary PCT Alberta (Koe) *310020021X 9 08:29 March 1Sean Clarey9, 2012 1:30pm 20 73 91 TB1 Mike Armstrong Tie-breaker 17 if 54necessary 79 BC #SH PTS PCT AB #SH PTS PCT March 2Tyler Harris9, 2012 6:30pm 20 63 79 PP/TB2Ryan Deis Page Playoff 20 76or Tie-breaker 95 if necessary1 Rick Sawatsky 18 61 85 1Nolan Thiessen 18 61 85 March 310, Tyler MacKenzie 2012 1:30pm 19 57 75 PP3Tyler Lang Page Playoff 20 72 90 2Ty Griffith 18 50 69 2Carter Rycroft 18 66 92 March 4Mike Gaudet10, 2012 7:00pm 18 59 82 SF4Scott Manners Semi Final 18 68 94 3Kevin Folk 18 58 81 3 Pat Simmons 18 68 94 Team Totals 77252 82 Team Totals 75 270 90 March 11, 2012 9:00am BRZ Bronze Medal 4 Jim Cotter 18 54 75 4Kevin Koe 18 57 79 Team Totals 72 223 77 Team Totals 72 252 88 March 11, 2012 6:00pm1 2 3 4 5FNL 6 7Final 8 910TOTAL COntario (Howard) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 07:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011TOTAL * All times subject to change. NB (Odishaw) *0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 02:07 CNL (Gushue) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 00:12 ON #SH PTS PCT NB #SH PTS PCT N. Ont (Jacobs) *1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 01:53 1Craig Savill 20 67 84 1Grant Odishaw 20 75 94 NL #SH PTS PCT NO #SH PTS PCT 2Brent Laing 20 72 90 2 Scott Jones 20 61 76 1Geoff Walker 22 78 89 1Scott Seabrook 22 73 83 3Wayne Middaugh 20 67 84 3 Andy McCann 20 53 66 2 Adam Casey 22 72 82 2Ryan Harnden 22 65 74 4 Glenn Howard 19 62 82 4Terry Odishaw 20 58 73 3Ryan Fry 22 80 91 3 E.J. Harnden 22 79 90 Team Totals 79268 85 Team Totals 80 247 77 4Brad Gushue 22 65 74 4 Brad Jacobs 21 63 75 Team Totals 88 295 84 Team Totals 87 280 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL D NS (Murphy) 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 X X 9 18:34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL NT/YT (Koe)*0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X X 5 18:02 D NB (Odishaw) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 03:34 NS #SH PTS PCT NT/YT #SH PTS PCT Manitoba (Fowler)*0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6 01:46 1Donald McDermaid 15 49 82 1Robert Borden 16 49 77 NB #SH PTS PCT MB #SH PTS PCT 2 Mike Bardsley 16 52 81 2Brad Chorostkowski 16 42 66 1Grant Odishaw 20 68 85 1Derek Samagalski 18 65 90 3Jordan Pinder 16 42 66 3 Tom Naugler 16 46 72 2 Scott Jones 20 43 54 2Richard Daneault 20 57 71 4 Jamie Murphy 16 51 80 4 Jamie Koe 16 44 69 3 Andy McCann 20 64 80 3Allan Lyburn 20 66 83 Team Totals 63194 77 Team Totals 64181 71 4Terry Odishaw 19 54 71 4Rob Fowler 20 63 79 Team Totals 79 229 72 Team Totals 78251 80 Positional Cumulative Percentages Report Draw 1 AVG Positional Cumulative Percentages Report Leads Draw 1 2 AVG 1Grant Odishaw NB 94 94 Leads 2Sean Clarey PE 91 91 1Sean Clarey PE 91 94 92 3Derek Samagalski MB 89 89 2Derek Samagalski MB 89 90 89 4Craig Savill ON 84 84 2Grant Odishaw NB 94 85 89 5Steeve Villeneuve QC 83 83 2Geoff Walker NL ** 89 89 6Donald McDermaid NS 82 82 5 Rick Sawatsky BC ** 85 85 7 Mike Armstrong SK 79 79 5Nolan Thiessen AB ** 85 85 8Robert Borden NT/YT 77 77 7Craig Savill ON 84 ** 84 8Steeve Villeneuve QC 83 ** 83 8Scott Seabrook NO ** 83 83 Seconds 10Donald McDermaid NS 82 81 81 1 Ryan Deis SK 95 95 11 Mike Armstrong SK 79 ** 79 2Brent Laing ON 90 90 12Robert Borden NT/YT 77 ** 77 3Richard Daneault MB 85 85 13 Kyle Schmeisser NS ** 75 75 4 Steven Munroe QC 83 83 5 Mike Bardsley NS 81 81 6Tyler Harris PE 79 79 Seconds 7 Scott Jones NB 76 76 1 Ryan Deis SK 95 ** 95 8Brad Chorostkowski NT/YT 66 66 2Carter Rycroft AB ** 92 92 3Brent Laing ON 90 ** 90 ** = did not play 4Steven Munroe QC 83 ** 83 + = player unranked due to insufficient games 4 Andrew Robinson PE ** 83 83 Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.) 6 Mike Bardsley NS 81 83 82 6 Adam Casey NL ** 82 82 Draw 1 AVG 8Richard Daneault MB 85 71 79 Thirds 8Tyler Harris PE 79 80 79 1 Tyler Lang SK 90 90 10 Ryan Harnden NO ** 74 74 2Allan Lyburn MB 85 85 11 Ty Griffith BC ** 69 69 3Wayne Middaugh ON 84 84 12Brad Chorostkowski NT/YT 66 ** 66 4 Tyler MacKenzie PE 75 75 13 Scott Jones NB 76 54 65 5 Tom Naugler NT/YT 72 72 6 Jean­Sebastien Roy QC 70 70 ** = did not play 7 Andy McCann NB 66 66 + = player unranked due to insufficient games 7Jordan Pinder NS 66 66 Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

Draw 1 2 AVG Skips 1Scott Manners SK 94 94 Thirds 1 Pat Simmons AB ** 94 94 2Robert Desjardins QC 82 82 2 Ryan Fry NL ** 91 91 2 Glenn Howard ON 82 82 3 E.J. Harnden NO ** 90 90 2 Mike Gaudet PE 82 82 3 Tyler Lang SK 90 ** 90 5 Jamie Murphy NS 80 80 5Allan Lyburn MB 85 83 84 6Rob Fowler MB 75 75 5Wayne Middaugh ON 84 ** 84 7Terry Odishaw NB 73 73 7 Kevin Folk BC ** 81 81 8 Jamie Koe NT/YT 69 69 8 Tyler MacKenzie PE 75 73 74 ** = did not play 9 Andy McCann NB 66 80 73 + = player unranked due to insufficient games 10Jordan Pinder NS 66 78 72 10 Tom Naugler NT/YT 72 ** 72 Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.) 12 Jean­Sebastien Roy QC 70 ** 70 Draw 1 AVG Teams Skips 1SK (Manners) 90 90 1Scott Manners SK 94 ** 94 2Ontario (Howard) 85 85 2 Jamie Murphy NS 80 89 84 3Manitoba (Fowler) 84 84 3Robert Desjardins QC 82 ** 82 4PE (Gaudet) 82 82 3 Glenn Howard ON 82 ** 82 5Quebec (Desjardins) 80 80 5Mike Gaudet PE 82 75 79 6 NB (Odishaw) 77 77 5 Kevin Koe AB ** 79 79 6 NS (Murphy) 77 77 7Rob Fowler MB 75 79 77 8NT/YT (Koe) 71 71 8 Brad Jacobs NO ** 75 75 N. Ont (Jacobs) ** ** 8 Jim Cotter BC ** 75 75 Manitoba (Fowler) ** ** 10Brad Gushue NL ** 74 74 Alberta (Koe) ** ** 11Terry Odishaw NB 73 71 72 BC (Cotter) ** ** 12 Jamie Koe NT/YT 69 ** 69

** = did not play ** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games + = player unranked due to insufficient games

Team Win/Loss Grid After 1 Draws Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

SK NT/YT NL NS NB PE QC ON NO MB AB BC Draw 1 2 AVG Teams SK *****W****** 1SK (Manners) 90 ** 90 NT/YT ***L******** 2 Alberta (Koe) ** 88 88 3Ontario (Howard) 85 ** 85 NL ************ 4 NL (Gushue) ** 84 84 5Manitoba (Fowler) 84 80 82 NS *W********** 6PE (Gaudet) 82 81 81 NB *******L**** 7 NS (Murphy) 77 83 80 7Quebec (Desjardins) 80 ** 80 PE L*********** 7 N. Ont (Jacobs) ** 80 80 QC *********W** 10 BC (Cotter) ** 77 77 11 NB (Odishaw) 77 72 75 ON ****W******* 12NT/YT (Koe) 71 ** 71

************ NO ** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games MB ******L*****

AB ************ Team Win/Loss Grid After 2 Draws

BC ************ SK NT/YT NL NS NB PE QC ON NO MB AB BC

Game Scores by Draw SK *****W****** Draw A B C D NT/YT ***L********

1 QC 7 PE 4 ON 6 NS 9 NL ********L*** * MB 6 * SK 8 * NB 5 * NT/YT 5 NS *W***W****** 2 NS BC NL NB PE AB NO MB NB *******L*L** 3 AB MB BC NO PE L**L******** NB NL NS PE QC *********W** 4 SK NT/YT QC NL BC NO AB ON ON ****W*******

5 NT/YT NB PE SK NO **W********* ON NS MB QC MB ****W*L***** 6 QC SK ON NT/YT AB ***********W 7 NB AB NS MB BC *** *******L* NO PE NL BC 8 AB NL BC ON Game Scores by Draw SK NT/YT QC NO Draw A B C D 9 MB NO NB AB NS BC PE NL 1 QC 7 PE 4 ON 6 NS 9 * MB 6 * SK 8 * NB 5 * NT/YT 5 10 BC ON AB QC NL SK NO NT/YT 2 * NS 10 BC 5 NL 6 NB 3 PE 4 * AB 9 * NO 7 * MB 6 11 PE NB MB SK NT/YT QC ON NS 3 AB MB BC NO NB NL NS PE 12 NO NT/YT NL BC QC AB SK ON 4 SK NT/YT QC NL BC NO AB ON 13 SK PE QC NT/YT NB ON NS MB 5 NT/YT NB PE SK ON NS MB QC 14 MB NS PE NL AB NO BC NB 6 QC SK ON NT/YT 15 ON SK NT/YT PE NS MB NB QC 7 NB AB NS MB NO PE NL BC 16 NL BC NO NS PE NB MB AB 8 AB NL BC ON SK NT/YT QC NO 17 NT/YT QC ON NO BC NL AB SK 9 MB NO NB AB NS BC PE NL 10 BC ON AB QC NL SK NO NT/YT 11 PE NB MB SK NT/YT QC ON NS 12 NO NT/YT NL BC QC AB SK ON 13 SK PE QC NT/YT NB ON NS MB 14 MB NS PE NL AB NO BC NB 15 ON SK NT/YT PE NS MB NB QC 16 NL BC NO NS PE NB MB AB 17 NT/YT QC ON NO BC NL AB SK Sunday, March 4, 2012 Page 21 What They’re After

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Ford Hot Shots Ontario continues to drive Hot Shots

By Larry Wood Tankard Times Editor

So what’s the secret of skills-competition curling and Ontario shotmakers at the Brier? Wayne Middaugh, a 44-year-old veteran, two-time Brier and world champion as a second and a skip, and a new- comer to the current Ontario champions’ lineup, won the pre-Brier Ford Hot Shots competition at mid-day Saturday, outpointing teammate Craig Savill, a former winner, by 17- 15 in the final confrontation. Middaugh wasn’t required to throw his last rock to win it after Savill miscued on his last attempt, a double takeout. The win was the fourth straight for Ontario curlers. Savill won in 2009, Glenn Howard in 2010 and Richard Hart, the player Middaugh has replaced this season, in 2011. “For me,” said Middaugh, “it was about the sweepers — Scott (Howard) and the guy from B.C. (Ken Maskiewich). They made a lot of shots for me. And it was great. “You know what? I enjoyed that. And that, I think, would be a better competition for the Olympics than mixed doubles. How’s that? It’s more exciting, there’s sweeping, it gives the fans something to cheer for, and I think it’s actu- ally more entertaining.” The current general manager of Port Carling Golf and Country Club in Ontario’s Muskoka country and a franchise owner/partner with M and M Meat Shops, Middaugh hardly needed another gas buggy. The Hot Shots prize was a two-year lease on a 2012 Ford Focus Titanium, an approximate retail value of $13,000. Now Middaugh needs a four-car garage at his home in Victoria Harbour, Ont. He already owns three other ve- hicles. There’ll be a prize-share deal on the Focus with his Ontario mates — Howard, his son Scott, Savill and Brent Laing. “They told me well before,” Middaugh said. “They’ve won this before, and there was a pre-arrangement going into it so we’ll share. No choice. I’m the new guy on the team and I’m pretty happy to be on this team. So . . .” Only once in the past 17 years has a Hot Shots win- ner progressed to win the Brier. That was in 1999 when Manitoba’s Steve Gould, an alternate that year, won the car and his skip Jeff Stoughton directed the Brier winner at Edmonton. “The same thing used to happen at the TSN Skins Game,” said Middaugh. “Usually the guy who drew the but- Ontario third Wayne Middaugh takes the keys and a two-year lease on a Ford Focus. Presenting is ton never won the event. But some teams found a way to change that.” Gerald Wood, General Manager, Western Region, Ford of Canada. Middaugh said there was needling aplenty between the finalists who will be teammates all week. Scott Manners dropped out of contention with 16. the success of each. “If you know Savill at all,” said Middaugh, “he’s always In the earlier quarter-finals, it was Middaugh with 24, Second-place finisher Savill won $2,000, while the third- chirping. But that made it more fun. It probably made it Savill, Harnden and Manners with 20, Pat Simmons of place finisher Harnden received $1,000. more relaxed. Poor Craig probably let his guard down. He Alberta and Rick Sawatsky of B.C. with 15 and Northern Other past winners have been Greg McAulay and Pat was going real hard and for Craig to be five feet heavy on Ontario’s E.J. Harnden and Territories skip Jamie Koe of Ryan of British Columbia, Alberta’s Don Bartlett, Randy his draw weight is rare. I was the lucky recipient of that.” Yellowknife with 14. Ferbey and John Morris, Saskatchewan’s , Savill scored 24 of a possible 30 in the semi-final to The Hot Shots shotmaking competition requires the par- Manitoba’s Gould (twice), Northern Ontario’s Mike Coul- show the way into the final. Middaugh had 21 points, Ryan ticipating curlers to execute six shots: Hit and stay, draw the ter, New Brunswick’s Rick Perron, Jeff Lacey and Marc Harnden of Sault Ste. Marie had 20 and Saskatchewan skip button, draw the port, raise, hit and roll, and double takeout. LeCocq, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Mark Nichols, and Each shot is awarded points on a scale from 0-to-5, rating Ontario’s Ed Werenich. Page 24 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times territories nova Scotia northern ontario

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