Curling update: McEwens eliminated from Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials

By: Paul Wiecek Posted: 6:52 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE – The teams of Reid Carruthers and Jill Officer and Mark Nichols and Jennifer Jones both won here Thursday afternoon to guarantee themselves at least a playoff tiebreaker game at the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials.

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Carruthers/Officer and Nichols/Jones improved their round-robin records to 5-2 with the victories.

Carruthers/Officer hammered Robert Desjardins/Emilie Desjardins 10-2, while Jones/Nichols defeated Mike McEwen/Dawn McEwen 9-6.

THE CANADIAN PRESS / Michael Burns
Winnipeg's Dawn McEwen sweeps the stone into the house as her husband Mike McEwen checks the speed while Jennifer Jones and her playing partner Mark Nichols look on during their draw at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in Portage La Prairie, Thursday. — THE CANADIAN PRESS / Michael Burns Winnipeg's Dawn McEwen sweeps the stone into the house as her husband Mike McEwen checks the speed while Jennifer Jones and her playing partner Mark Nichols look on during their draw at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in Portage La Prairie, Thursday.

The loss dropped the McEwens record to 2-5 and officially eliminated them from playoff contention.

Meanwhile, Kaitlyn Lawes/John Morris and Chelsea Carey/Colin Hodgson kept their playoff hopes alive with victories late Thursday afternoon that improved both teams to 4-3.

Lawes/Morris defeated Kalynn Park/Charley Thomas 5-4, while Carey/Hodgson defeat Sherry Middaugh/John Epping 8-3.

Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (7-0), Laura Crocker/Geoff Walker (8-0) and Dana Ferguson/Brendan Bottcher (6-1) have all clinched spots in the eight team playoff round that begins Friday evening.

The final two round-robin draws take place here Thursday evening.