Northern Ontario defeats New Brunswick in extra end to advance to Scotties final
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Andrea Crawford thought she had the win until Krista McCarville snatched it away.
McCarville's rink from Northern Ontario battled back from a four-point deficit to steal a point in the extra end to defeat Crawford's New Brunswick team 9-8 Saturday night and earn a trip to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
McCarville made two brilliant shoots in the eighth end to climb back into the Page playoff 1 versus 2 game at the Canadian women's curling championship in Thunder Bay, Ont. Crawford had a chance to win on her last rock but she hit and rolled out, giving McCarville the victory.
Crawford opened the scoring drawing with two in the first end. McCarville used her last rock in the second end to remove two New Brunswick stones to count three.
Crawford regained the lead with another draw for two in the third. In the fourth, she heaved a sigh of relief after navigating a narrow port to remove a Northern Ontario stone. McCarville missed the following takeout, giving New Brunswick a steal of one and a 5-3 lead.
Crawford stole another point in the fifth when McCarville's last-rock draw was light and kissed a guard coming into the house. Northern Ontario gave up another point in the seventh after missing on a long raise.
Northern Ontario rallied in the eighth end. McCarville removed two New Brunswick stones with a raise on her first shot, then took out another on her final to score three points and slash the lead to 7-6.
Crawford had a chance for two in the ninth but had to settle for a single when she came up short on a draw. That made the score 8-6 but gave McCarville the hammer in the 10th end.
McCarville scored two in the 10th to force the extra end.
McCarville, the hometown favourite who plays out of the Fort Williams Curling Club, drew cheers all night from the crowd of around 275 allowed into the building under COVID-19 protocols.
Crawford, appearing in her first playoffs in her 10th trip to the Scotties, finished the round-robin portion of the tournament second in Pool A with a 6-3 record.
The last rink from New Brunswick to reach the Scotties playoffs was Heidi Hanlon, who lost the 1991 final to B.C.'s Julie Sutton. The only New Brunswick rink to win a Canadian women's curling championship was skipped by Mabel DeWare in 1963.
McCarville, making her ninth Scotties appearance, was third in Pool A at 5-3. She lost in the 2016 final to Chelsea Carey's Alberta rink and finished third in 2010.
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