Saskatchewan’s McEwen, Alberta’s Bottcher, Manitoba’s Carruthers out front at 2024 Brier
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Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen, Alberta's Brendan Bottcher and Manitoba's Reid Carruthers emerged from the Canadian men's curling championship's opening weekend as front-runners.
Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen, Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher and Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers emerged from the Canadian men’s curling championship’s opening weekend as front-runners.
Those three are 3-0 heading into Monday’s action at the Montana’s Brier in Regina.
Carruthers, whose team is skipped by Brad Jacobs, curled a marathon Sunday with a pair of wins that both went to an extra end.
After a stones’ measurement was required to declare them a morning winner over Ontario’s Scott Howard, Carruthers needed overtime again in the evening’s 9-8 victory over Northern Ontario’s Trevor Bonot.
“Oh, that was a wild day. Holy smokes,” Carruthers said. “The measurement, it felt like that was yesterday.
“Three and oh, a few more grey hairs. Our team is confident that we can compete with anyone here in Canada, but, as you can tell, the competition is very fierce.”
Bottcher’s team led the field in shooting accuracy at 95 per cent, although two of his first three opponents were the lowest-seeded in their pool.
The top-ranked men’s team in Canada made quick work of Howard on Sunday evening in an 8-2 victory that lasted eight ends.
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