Canada’s Koe on roll as playoffs approach
But China today may be tough foe at worlds
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TEAM CANADA rolled through Japan and France like a fork through a plate of steaming, melting lasagna in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Wednesday.
But the two results are just an appetizer for what awaits Kevin Koe and his rinkmates Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen today at the 2010 Capital One men’s world curling championship.
Wins over China and Norway will clinch first place overall for the now-8-1 rink from Edmonton and give Koe & Co. last-rock advantage in the Page playoff 1 vs. 2 game on Friday.
"That’s obviously the big goal at the end of the week, to get into that game, first or second, it doesn’t matter. You just want to be in that game," said Koe, who would do so with a victory over China this morning. "We’ve still got Norway at the end of the week and they’ve only got the one loss."
And that’s without usual skip Thomas Ulsrud in the lineup as a family illness kept him away from the championships.
Instead, Torger Nerg�*rd has led the Norwegian team, with the flashy pants, to a solid 8-1 record, including an 8-3 victory over Germany in Wednesday’s evening draw, and a 5-3 win over Denmark in the afternoon draw.
"They lost their first to Scotland and you’re not sure if it was because Ulsrud wasn’t here," said Koe. "After that they’ve won all their games, pretty handily. Obviously one guy does not make a team and just as obvious, they’re a good team, with or without him. They’ll be tough because they have a few wins under their belts and they’ll realize they still have a chance without their skip."
But Canada — which hammered Japan 12-3 and France 7-1, both in six ends on Wednesday — can’t afford to look past Fengchun Wang in the morning. In fact, China defeated the Koe rink 8-7 at the Cactus Pheasant Classic in Brooks, Alta., on the World Curling Tour back in late October.
— Canwest News Service
