17°c Clear
25°c Chance of thundershowers
The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION
Canada closes in on men's junior curling playoff berth with 9-6 win over Norway
SOCHI, Russia - Winnipeg skip Matt Dunstone beat Norway 9-6 Wednesday, moving Canada closer to a men's playoff berth at the world junior curling championships.
Dunstone and his Winnipeg team currently sit at 6-2, tied for second place with Russia.
Scotland's Kyle Smith leads at 7-1, while Sweden (6-3) and Norway (5-3) are close behind.
"Win (one ore game) and we're in," Dunstone said after the game. "We just have to do our job there and the rest can sort itself out."
Canada took control in the first five ends of the high-scoring affair. Dunstone scored deuces in the first and third ends before laying three in the fifth for a 7-3 lead.
Norwegian skip Eirik Mjoen scored a single in the seventh end, then turned on the offence in the eighth, forcing Dunstone to miss a difficult take-out and stealing two. But Canada came back with a deuce of its own to lead 9-6 after nine and run the Norwegians out of rocks in the 10th.
"It was a sloppy (eighth) end, we know that we can do better than that, but we still had control of the game," Dunstone said. "That was the positive that we took out of that. We just made sure to score or blank the ninth end and then obviously we got the two."
Canada finishes round robin play against China's Zhongbao Zhang (1-7) on Thursday.
Canadian women's skip Corryn Brown was idle Wednesday will finish off the round robin on Thursday with games against Sweden's Sara McManus (3-4) and Norway's Kristine Davanger (1-7). The Kamloops, B.C., rink has been eliminated from playoff contention.
"It'll be a tough road back here, for sure," Brown said after her Tuesday win over the Miranda Solem of the U.S. "But we definitely took advantage of the experience we had here."
More Featured
- Back to Top
- Return to Featured
More Featured
(1 of 50 articles for this year)
Route 66 motel in New Mexico where Bill Gates worked on early Microsoft being redeveloped
04/18/2013 5:18 PM 0
Poll
Most Popular Featured
- A green thistle called Clyde presented as mascot for 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Shootups blamed on gang war
- Big changes coming to youth soccer in Winnipeg
- Red light? Green light?
- Foster mom made all the difference for a scared girl who hopes to help others
- David Cronenberg to be the subject of Toronto exhibit, set to launch in 2013
- By producing more movies and picking projects carefully, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly'
- No high-tech bodysuit? No problem: Olympic swimming ends with 9 world records set in the pool
- Daughter of Mexico drug lord offers no clues on father's whereabouts after San Diego arrest
- Country singer Sammy Kershaw involved in tour bus accident
- Massage parlours rub therapists wrong way
- Rents hit the roof
- Red light? Green light?
- Windows 8 to launch on array of inventive devices
- Spy-cam in women's change room
- A green thistle called Clyde presented as mascot for 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Review: Kindle Fire looks nice, but $199 price comes with sacrifice
- Alberta dinosaur museum finds rare fossil of prehistoric marine reptile
- Province steps up for refugees
- Former wrestler Hulk Hogan filing lawsuits over sex video; says it was secretly taped
- Massage parlours rub therapists wrong way
- Rents hit the roof
- Risk of 'suicide contagion' for teens after schoolmate's dies by own hand: study
- VLT revenues fuel economic development on Swan Lake First Nation
- Red light? Green light?
- Red River College's culinary institute open for classes
- Home-product developers try to lower the volume in a noisy world
- Manitoba feeling the squeeze
- Winnipegger convicted of importing coral rock, sea horses
- Shootups blamed on gang war
Ads by Google
You can comment on most stories on winnipegfreepress.com. You can also agree or disagree with other comments. All you need to do is be a Winnipeg Free Press print or e-edition subscriber to join the conversation and give your feedback.
You can comment on most stories on winnipegfreepress.com. You can also agree or disagree with other comments. All you need to do is be a Winnipeg Free Press print or e-edition subscriber to join the conversation and give your feedback.
Have Your Say
New to commenting? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
Have Your Say
Comments are open to Winnipeg Free Press print or e-edition subscribers only. why?
Login SubscribeHave Your Say
Comments are open to Winnipeg Free Press Subscribers only. why?
SubscribeThe Winnipeg Free Press does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted. By submitting your comment, you agree to our Terms and Conditions. These terms were revised effective April 16, 2010.