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Issue 4 – Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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2016 Tim Hortons Brier • Tuesday, March 8, 2016
It looks like Manitoba skip Mike McEwen (above) is ready to kill
somebody! At right, undefeated Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario.
‘Huge turnaround’
Big shot by Jacobs turning point in key win
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By JOHN KOROBANIK
Tankard Times Associate Editor
here are turning points in games — both on the
scoreboard and in the minds of players — and for
Brad Jacobs and his still unbeaten Northern Ontario
teammates, that came early Monday evening against skip Pat
Simmons and Team Canada.
Simmons jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first end only
to give it all back, and then some, in the second end when he
gave up four on a spectacular triple kill by Jacbos.
“Huge turnaround,” Jacobs said of the shot. “We could
easily miss that shot, give up another steal and it’s 4-0. The
point swing is probably a steal for them to four for us; a fivepoint swing. It was a big moment in a big game. Coming
back and making that shot, it was huge for us. If we don’t
make that shot we’re probably really down in the dumps and
emotionally, not feeling well about our chances to win. It
completely turned everything around.”
The Sault St. Marie squad stole one in the third before
Team Canada (3-2; Calgary) righted itself on a Simmons
draw for one against four Northern Ontario counters. They
got back on even terms with two in the sixth, only to turn
around and surrender three to Jacobs in the seventh. It was
Team Canada’s second loss of the day, leaving Northern
Ontario the only unbeaten team at 4-0.
“I’m real happy our team is undefeated at this point,” said
Jacobs. “I still don’t think there’s a chance that we will go
undefeated, we have to slip up at some point and someone I’m
sure is going to throw an amazing game at us. One of the big
reasons we’re 4-0 is we’re taken advantages of almost all of
our opportunities to this point.”
Kevin Koe of Alberta (4-1; Calgary), having beaten his
younger brother Jamie in the afternoon, rolled over Brier
rookie Mike McEwen of Manitoba (2-1; Winnipeg) in the
evening.
Koe opened with a deuce, and when McEwen was a touch
heavy with a freeze try in the fourth, leaving just enough
separation, Koe hit a perfect hit-and-stick for four and a 6-1
margin.
“We maybe missed a handful of shots at the most, our
best game of the week for sure,” said Koe. “They missed a
couple of real close ones and we played a perfect first end. I
mean we made everything and put some pressure on them. A
deuce in the first end is big. In the fourth he gambled a little
and was a little off and that was pretty much the ball game.”
McEwen, in his first Brier, said his plan to freeze was a
decision to put the game on the line.
“We could get out of it with a good draw,” he said. “Hit
and roll, you’re still giving up two, you’re down 4-1, probably
not winning anyways. Probably at a 90 per cent loss rate,
down 4-1 to a team like that. I don’t regret the decision.”
Team Canada lost its first game in the afternoon, 6-4
to Adam Casey of P.E.I., who tapped back a Team Canada
counter with his final stone to score two in the 10th end.
“It’s a big relief,” the youthful Casey said after the win.
“The thing I said to the guys going into the week, no matter
what happens there’s so many good teams here you’re going
to see teams with losing records that aren’t used to having
losing records and I just want us to be the most consistent
with our approach, stay level-headed and maintain our
intensity and focus.”
The teams traded deuces in the second and fourth ends,
P.E.I. scored one in six and stole one in seven when Simmons
flashed on a last-rock takeout, only to have Canada score one
in eight and steal one in the ninth to tie the game.
The Koe brothers went at it head-to-head in the afternoon
and once again it was older brother Kevin, skipping Alberta,
who prevailed over Jamie and his Northwest Territories team.
But it took every trick in Kevin’s book to get the win this
time, 8-7 in 11 ends.
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It’s almost all
spontaneous.
I go with the
flow.
Brier
Bear
still
doing
his
‘shtick’
­— Reg Caughie
Fans just grin and
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By DAVE KOMOSKY
Tankard Times Editor
ascots, those goofy ringleaders of cheer and
frivolity, have become ubiquitous at sporting
events. They all have their own shtick, but
they all have the same common goal in mind: move
about the sports venue to pump up the crowd, react to
the action, and make sure everybody’s having a blast.
It’s doubtful, though, that any of them have been
around as long, or is more beloved than Brier Bear,
who puts most of his weirdly-dressed brethren to
shame for his sheer likeability.
What’s not to like? Reg Caughie, the man inside
the Brier Bear suit, just happens to have a lot of things
going for him in the mascot department. As Brier Bear
he’s funny, cute and cuddly, definitely kid-friendly, and
genuinely loves what he does while performing at the
Tim Hortons Brier.
How much does he love the Canadian men’s
curling championship? Caughie, 78, is attending
BEAR IT
his 36th straight Brier this week in Ottawa, and
is looking forward to doing one more next year in
his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador,
when the event moves to St. John’s, before he puts
the Bear suit into hibernation.
And unlike most of the mascots for pro sports
teams, who are paid, he does it for nothing more than a
chance to make people smile, especially the kids.
He loves the kids.
“I’ve always loved being around people,” he says,
“and I especially love children.”
Brier Bear isn’t very complicated as a mascot. There
won’t be any over-the-top antics when he does his
thing. You won’t find him dumping a bucket of water
over anybody’s head, simulating a fight with an official,
or sliding on his fuzzy tummy down a sheet of ice.
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His rink-side antics and shenanigans
are more subdued compared to mascots
such as the Philly Fanatic or Youppi!, but
they are perfect for the sport he works in.
He’ll scrub the top of a bald man’s head
with his brush, give a kid a giant Bear hug,
kiss a few ladies, dance a jig or lead the
crowd into a cheer for ONT-AR-IOOOO!
His rink-side antics and shenanigans
are “almost all spontaneous,” says
Caughie. “I go with the flow.”
He must be doing something right.
Brier fans love him and he’s never been
sued. Some say that when Brier Bear first
bounced on the scene with his wide eyes,
big nose and ample tummy, the event
started to come alive.
Today, he is essentially a Brier
institution. “Nobody has ever told me to
get lost, so I keep coming back,” he says.
Caughie is amazed he’s still around
after all these years, but then again, it’s
amazing he climbed into the Bear suit in
the first place.
Caughie was living and working as a
banker in Halifax with Montreal Trust
when the 1981 Brier was awarded to the
Nova Scotia capital. He became part of the
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organizing committee and was struck by
the fact that at recent Briers there wasn’t
always a lot of action. In fact, at times it
was boring.
“At that time curling didn’t have this
five-rock rule,” he says. “It was takeout,
takeout, takeout.”
So he proposed the idea of a mascot
and the committee bought into it.
Why a bear?
“The idea of Brier Rabbit came up,” says
Caughie, “but Brier Bear just sounded nicer.”
Sooooooo, who to climb into the Bear
suit?
All fingers immediately pointed at
Caughie.
“They said, ‘It’s your idea — so you’re it!’ ”
And so began a 36-year run, and in
that time the Bear has amused hundreds
of thousands of curling fans in Canada,
signed countless autographs, posed for
endless photos and brought joy to kids
from one end of the country to the other.
He’s also worn out two Bear suits and is
working on his third.
“In the beginning I think fans were
looking for a little bit of diversion,” he says.
“And I guess I’ve always offered that.”
He’s not just a Brier staple. Caughie
has attended three Grey Cups, a Calgary
Stampede, promoted curling in schools and
has visited hospitals to cheer up sick kids.
And he has enjoyed every minute of it.
Well, almost every minute. He has taken
a few tumbles and been knocked around
a bit in his duties. Once, in Halifax, after
collapsing from a pulled muscle in his
leg, 15 laughing fans piled on top of him,
thinking the fall was part of the act.
He also picked up the flu just before the
start of the Brier in Sault Ste. Marie and ended
up in hospital. He recovered just in time.
Nothing has stopped him, not even a
pacemaker that was installed in 1985. He
keeps active by taking daily walks with
his dog at his home in St. John’s and says
he’s still in pretty good shape.
Caughie is a New Brunswicker by birth
and raised on Quebec’s North Shore (he
grew up in Baie Comeau, Que. and was
a boyhood pal of former prime minister
Brian Mulroney). He was a long-time
resident Nova Scotian and, now, a proud
Newfoundlander.
Caughie admits he’s looking forward to
the Brier coming back to the Rock for the
first time since 1972 when it returns to St.
John’s. If he’s going to go out, he wants to
go out on a high.
“I thought it (retirement) would be
appropriate (in St. John’s).”
As for the Bear, Caughie wants to see
someone take over.
“That’s my concern. I really hope so,”
he says. “The people seem to want him.”
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2016 Tim Hortons Brier • Tuesday, March 8, 2016
DANGER
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BRAD
GUSHUE
Gushue cautious after fall
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By PATRICK BUTLER
Tankard Times Writer
ewfoundland and Labrador
skip Brad Gushue’s stitches
have healed, but the faceplant
he took while curling last fall has
him taking the ice at the 2016 Tim
Hortons Brier with more trepidation
than usual.
The 2006 Olympic champion
slipped and hit his head on the ice while
sweeping a rock at the Grand Slam
of Curling Masters tournament last
October, leaving him with a concussion
and seven sutures above his right eye.
“I’m more nervous out on the ice
there now than I ever have been, but
I’m sure over time that’ll go away,”
said the St. John’s-based skip and 13time provincial champion. “It’s kind of
like anybody when they get an injury.
They’re protective of that injury, and
I’m in that situation right now.”
Despite playing a series of events
since his concussion, including The
National, where he and his team won
barely two weeks after he was hurt at
the Masters, Gushue said he still feels
symptoms from his injury.
“There’s good and bad days.
There are some days that I don’t
feel the best but for the most part
I’ve been pretty good,” said Gushue.
“There’s nothing that’s ever going to
stop me from curling, you know. The
biggest issue for me is just a little bit
of balance stuff that hasn’t quite got
back to where it was before.”
Elite curlers don’t wear any head
protection while curling, but helmets
are common at the recreational
level to protect players against
concussions.
Gushue wouldn’t entirely rule out
wearing a helmet, though.
“I don’t want to say never but I
would have to get something that would
be comfortable and non-restrictive,” he
said. “Me wearing a helmet right now
would change how it feels out on the
ice so much for me that, you know, I’ve
been 20 years without it and it would
be too big a change.
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An amazing array of items will be up for
grabs when the second annual Great Canadian Auction takes place as part of the 2016
Tim Hortons Brier.
The silent auction, which will begin
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and run through
to Saturday, March 12, at the end of that
night’s semifinal draw, will be raising funds
in support of healthy and active children
through the Curling Canada Rocks & Rings
program.
“We had such a wonderful response to
the first Great Canadian Auction last year
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again this year in Ottawa,” said Rachael
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Profile:
Saskatchewan
Nutana Curling Club (Saskatoon) Coach: Lyle Muyres
Steve Laycock
Kirk Muyres
Colton Flasch
SKIP
THIRD
SECOND
Age: 33
Born: Yorkton, SK
Residence: Saskatoon
Marital status: Married
to Gina
Children: Owen 3
Employment: Senior HR
Specialist, University of
Saskatchewan
Single greatest personal achievement: World
Junior Championship
Strong likes: Eating
Dislikes: Complainers
Favourite food: Dessert
Favourite drink: Many
Three words that describe you: Obsessive,
logical, reliable
Most treasured possession: Phone
Other life interests: Softball, golf, travel
Words to live by: Communicate, confirm,
commit
Age: 25
Born: St. Gregor, SK
Residence: Martensville, SK
Marital status: Partner,
Alyssa Morris
Employment: Business
Owner, MuyCo Media
Single greatest
personal achievement: Winning 3 Saskatchewan Tankards in
a row, successfully
launching own business
Strong likes: Junk food, business, family
and friends
Dislikes: Negativity, Favourite food: Pizza
Favourite drink: Beer
Three words that describe you: Passionate, optimist, focused
Most treasured possession: My first Brier
Purple Heart
Other life interests: Business and entrepreneurship
Words to live by: The harder I work, the
luckier I get. Dallan Muyres
Gerry Adam
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FIFTH
Population: 1,132,640
Area: 651,900 sq. km
Joined Confereration: 1905
Motto: “From many peoples
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Capital City: Regina
Languages Spoken:
95% English, 1%
French, 4% other
Economy: Grain farming, beef cattle, food
products, machinery,
oil and gas production,
potash.
LEAD
Age: 29
Born: St.Gregor, SK
Residence: Saskatoon
Marital status: Common
Law with Renee Employment: CAD/
Design Technologist with
Saskatchewan Research
Council
Single greatest personal achievement: 2015
Tim Horton’s Brier
Bronze Medal
Strong likes: Technology widgets, impressive automobiles, Marvel’s
action TV shows, energy efficiency.
Dislikes: Unaware drivers, cilantro.
Favourite food: Browns social house Dynamite Rolls
Favourite drink: Black Grande Americano
from Starbucks
Three words that describe you: Creative,
innovative, compassionate, passionate. Most treasured possession: Pillow — goes
everywhere with me. Other life interests: House renovations,
yardcare, spending time at the cabin
Age: 52
Born: Yorkton
Marital status: Married
to Leslie
Children: Hannah 13,
Justin 12.
Employment: Journeyman plumber
Single greatest personal achievement: Going
to Brier at 52
Stong Likes: Food, drink, family
Dislikes: People texting and not talking
Favourite food: Perogies, pizza
Favourite drink: Vodka paralyzer
Three words that describe you: Talkativehonest, funny
Most treasured possession: First provincial
jacket
Other life interests: Coaching, family, friends
Words to live by: Honesty and confidence will
take you far
Age: 25
Born: Biggar, SK
Residence: Saskatoon
Marital status: Single
Children: None
Employment: Small
Business owner, Flasch
Construction
Single greatest personal achievment: Winning
three Sask. titles in a row
and national juniors
Strong likes: Friends, family, golf, curling,
volleyball (most sports)
Dislikes: Not much I don’t dislike other than
cold winters
Favourite food: Pizza
Favourite drink: Milk, root beer, beer
- Most treasured possession: My truck and
Purple Hearts
Other life interests: Summer, lake, golf,
curling, friends, family, movies
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2015: Steve Laycock
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2014: Steve Laycock (6-5)
2013: Brock Virtue (5-6)
2012: Scott Manners (3-8)
2011: Steve Laycock (4-7)
Last championship — Rick Folk (1980)
Canadian titles — 7
World titles — 5 (Ernie Richardson 1959-60-62-63; Rick
Folk 1980).
Other prominent male curlers from Saskatchewan —
Pee Wee Pickering, Garnet Campbell, Harvey Mazinke.
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Ottawa holds great memories
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Tankard Times Writer
lot has changed since 1993, when a Canadian men’s
curling championship was last hosted in the nation’s
capital and Glenn Howard took home his second
Brier trophy.
TD Place, this year’s Tim Hortons Brier site, was called
the Civic Centre. Nunavut wasn’t even a territory, let alone
a Brier participant. Howard’s team included his brother
Russ, rather than his son, Scott.
But the Ontario skip says despite Lansdowne Park’s
exterior facelift, the stadium’s inside is more or less just
as he remembers. That’s brought back a lot of cherished
memories, he says.
“There’s that sense of comfort, that feeling, because you
know you can play well there. Not that it’s going to change
anything, but there’s a warm and fuzzy feeling coming into
a building where we’ve won before,” says Howard, a four-
time Brier and world champion.
The best part about playing in Ottawa,
says Howard, is seeing so many hometown
fans attending games – especially long-time
curling enthusiasts like Jack Cox, who has
daily run up and down TD Place waving a
huge Ontario flag.
“As players we want them hanging off
the rafters, we want them out there yelling,
screaming and that’s what they’ve done so
far,” he says. “Especially when it’s in our
home province I feel like they’re rooting
for us a little bit more.”
Being back in the comfy surroundings
of TD Place sure hasn’t hurt Howard’s
performance on the ice this week. He has
led his Ontario outfit to a 3-2 record after
three days of play, in good position to
make a run at the four-team playoffs and
yet another Canadian title.
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Brier losing streak stretches to 19
Y
By DAVE KOMOSKY
Tankard Times Editor
ou will be hard-pressed to find a total jerk
playing at the Tim Hortons Brier.
But you will find Jamie Koe, one of the good
The Battle of the Koes went to Kevin, left, not Jamie.
Ready to roar.
sports.
Koe could have gone ballistic, tossed a brush or two
or choked an umpire Monday, but the gentleman from
Yellowknife somehow mustered a brave face.
That’s not bad for a guy who just lost his 19th
straight game over three consecutive years playing
at the Tim Hortons Brier and is in danger of having
the Northwest Territories falling, once again, into the
dreaded pre-qualifying play-in at next year’s Brier in
St. John’s.
The worst of it? Koe came a hair away from beating
his brother Kevin, skipping Alberta’s juggernaut team
from Calgary, on the afternoon shift at TD Place. But
as happened so many agonizing times before, he lost,
dropping to 0-4 for the week.
“This is by far the closest we’ve come (to breaking
the losing streak),” said a dejected Koe, who admitted
he was ready to snap a broom handle over his knee
after the loss. “We were really playing well. It’s a little
disappointing the way it ended.”
It ended the way it always does. A little mistake and
a loss was snatched from the jaws of victory. Koe
needed a raise double for two and the win — quite
makable — but it hung out, and the Polars ended up
with just one.
His brother, with hammer, finished him off in the
extra end.
“We kind of overswept it,” said Koe. “It was a wellthrown rock and we kind of butchered the line call,
otherwise we had the two and a win.”
Coulda, woulda, shoulda — the story for Koe at the
Brier.
Despite his woebegone record, Koe was still trying
to find a silver lining in the dark clouds overhead.
There are some. For one thing, he survived a fourteam, pre-qualifying event just to get into the main
Brier draw. And for another, his team has played
reasonably well.
“Our downfall is we always have that one bad end
out there,” he said. “But these guys are the best in
the world. We don’t curl much at all, maybe 20 to 25
games a year. We’re just looking to be competitive
and represent the north.
“As long as we keep it up (playing well), we’ll give
ourselves chances out there.”
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Profile:
Territories
Yellowknife Curling Centre (Yellowknife) Coach: None
JAMIE KOE
Brad Chorostkowski
Jamie Koe
Chris Schille
SKIP
THIRD
Age: 38
Born: Yellowknife, NT
Residence: Yellowknife
Marital status: Married
to Chris
Children: Niklaas 10,
Peyton 7
Employment: Director,
Department of Finance
Single greatest
personal
achievement: Being a parent
Strong likes: The Patch
Dislikes: Surveys
Favourite food: Pizza Favourite drink: Bud Light
Most treasured possession: My kids
Other life interests: Golf, holidays
Words to live by: It all matters
Age: 33
Born: Barrhead, AB
Residence: Red Deer, AB
Marital status: Single
Children: Jeter, 5
Employment: Owner/Partner Carpet Superstores
Single greatest personal
achievement: Attending
Ben Heberts wedding
with the Kidby’s at an all
inclusive resort and living
to talk about it
Strong likes: Bourbon, red wine, team victory,
tailored clothing
Dislikes: The fact that I can’t answer this
honestly
Favourite food: Taco Tuesday
Favourite drink: Seth style Old Fashioned
Three words that describe you: Aye yuy yuy
Most treasured possession: Grandpa’s ring
Other life interests: Collecting skills
Words to live by: Don’t wish time away, this is
the fun part.
Robert Borden
FACTS
SECOND
LEAD
Age: 42
Born: Yellowknife, NT
Residence: Yellowknife,
NT
Marital status: Married to
Christina Chorostkowski
Children: Kalley 8, Brynn 6
Employment: OwnerJ&R Mechanical
Strong likes: Good honest and genuine
friends Dislikes: Negative people
Favourite food: Steak Favourite drink: Corona
Three words that describe you: Determined,
caring
Most treasured possession: Flying, camping,
spending time at the cabin
Words to live by: Napping on game day is
huge for me.
Age: 29
Born: Yellowknife, NT
Residence: Yellowknife
Marital status: Married
to Jessie Borden
Employment: Government of the Northwest
Territories, Financial Systems Business Analyst
Single greatest personal achievement: Married
to my lovely wife
Strong likes: Edmonton Oilers, Denver Broncos, music
Dislikes: Painting
Favourite food: Chicken Alfredo Penne
Favourite drink: Coffee, beer
Three words that describe you: Practical,
funny, thoughtful
Most treasured possession: Paintings done
by my Nana
Other life interests: Real estate and personal
finance.
Words to live by: Waste not, want not.
Population: 42,000
Area: 1,346,106 sq. km
Joined Confereration: 1870
Motto: No official motto
Capital City: Yellowknife
Languages Spoken:
78% English, 22% other.
The Northwest Territories’ Official Languages
Act recognizes 11 official
languages, which are
more than in any other
political division in the
Americas.
Economy — Geological
resources.
NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES
AT THE BRIER
Last five years:
2015: Jamie Joe (0-11)
2014: Jamie Koe (3-8)
2013: Jamie Koe (5-6)
2012: Jamie Koe (7-4)
2011: Jamie Koe (3-8)
Last championship — None.
Canadian titles — None
World titles — None
Prominent male curlers from the Northwest Territories
— Al Delmage.
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STANDINGS
N. Ontario (Jacobs)
Alberta (K. Koe)
NL (Gushue)
Canada (Simmons)
Ontario (Howard)
B.C. (Cotter)
Manitoba (McEwen)
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
Quebec (Ménard)
New Brunswick (Kennedy)
P. E . I . ( C a s e y ) NWT (J. Koe)
SCHEDULE
BRIER SCOREBOARD
LINESCORES
WL
4 0
4 1
3 1
3 2
32
2 2
2 2
2 3
1 3
1 3
1 3
0 4
TODAY
9:30 a.m. Draw
A — MB vs. NT; B — NB vs. NL; C — PE vs. NO; D — BC vs. QC
2:30 p.m. Draw
A — SK vs. PE; B — BC vs. CA; C — NL vs. AB; D — NT vs. NO
7:30 p.m. Draw
A — QC vs. ON; B — AB vs. NO; C — MB vs. CA; D — NB vs. SK
Draw 1
2:30 p.m.
Ontario (Howard)
B.C. (Cotter) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 — 5
*0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 — 7
Territories (J. Koe)
Alberta (K. Koe)
0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 7
*2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 — 8
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
NL (Gushue)
*2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 x
0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 x
— 5
— 7
Canada (Simmons)
PEI (Casey)
0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
*0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
— 4
— 6
Draw 2
7:30 p.m.
Canada (Simmons)
Sask. (Laycock)
*3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 x x — 6
0 4 1 0 1 0 3 1 x x — 10
Quebec (Ménard)
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x
*0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 x
— 3
— 7
NB (Kennedy)
Ontario (Howard)
0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
*2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
— 6
— 9
Alberta (K. Koe)
Manitoba (Kennedy) *2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 x x
0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 x x
— 9
— 4
* — Last rock
Team Saskatchewan plots strategy.
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Bob Cole
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“Most people know me for doing playby-play on Hockey Night in Canada. But
a lot of the curlers know I made it to the
Brier twice — in 1971 and 1975. And I
was a runner-up twice on last rock in
Newfoundland. But my favourite memory
is my only claim to
fame at the Brier. In
1971, Quebec City,
in the very first draw
against Duke Smail
of B.C., my third,
Lester Bowering,
wrenched his knee
in the 11th end.
He was gone. So
the rule was when something like that
happened, the rink had to play with
three people the rest of the week. So we
had one sweeper. It got to Wednesday
and I had made a request to the
governing body that they change this
really antiquated rule and was turned
down. My contention was that we should
at least be allowed a sweeper and have
the lead throw four rocks. We were
playing Don Duguid and I asked him if
he’d mind if I took a new broom — we
used corn brooms in those days, and
just stand it up in the house. Just stand
it there by itself. Then I could at least
have my second and lead come down
with me when I threw the rock. Duguid
said, “What a hell of an idea!” Then he
said, ‘I have a better idea. I’ll hold the
broom for you. There’s no rule that says
I can’t hold the broom for you.’ That
shook ‘em up. They put in a new rule
the next day. Now they have a spare
person.”
Brier
Memories
Russ Howard
Ontario/New
Brunswick
That would be Saskatoon in 1989.
As everybody knows, when I curled
in the west I tended to lose my voice
because of the dry air, and sure enough,
by the middle of the week it was gone.
And if a skip can’t
call the sweep,
it’s pretty tough
to play. I think
we were 5-1 at the
time and going
pretty good. So we
knew we needed
something and
decided to try
these head sets
from Radio Shack. We tried them in the
hallway of the hotel before using them
and they worked well. So we used them
in our next game and they allowed us
to communicate, which is all we were
trying to do. It wasn’t cheating. We still
had to make our shots. But when we
came off the ice one of the officials
came over to us with that stern look. You
would have though I shot the president,
or something. We had a meeting with
officials and they said we couldn’t use
the devices because they were against
the rules but we couldn’t find anything in
the rulebook about it. So we used them
in the next game and played pretty well.
But after that there was a huge press
conference and the CCA amended the
rulebook right then so the headsets
couldn’t be used. Fortunately, after a
couple of games not using my voice, it
came back and we made it to the semifinal.
QUIZ
ANSWERS
1. It’s true, Johnny Mo paraded
around carrying a team flag at the
1993 Brier in Ottawa.
2. The commonality between
Ryan Fry, Scott Howard and John
Morris is their fathers. Barry Fry,
Glenn Howard and Earle Morris all
competed in the Brier, and the first
two became Canadian champions.
3. Former Manitoba junior
champion Don Pottinger headed the
committee that organized the 1982
Brier in Brandon, and he introduced
the Brier Patch.
4. Brier was a brand of tobacco
produced by the Macdonald company.
5. Olympic champion Brad Jacobs
is no fan of drywalling.