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SASKATOON — Manitoba’s Rob Fowler drew the four-foot with the last rock of the game to defeat 2006 Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue 8-7 here Sunday morning at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.
The victory over Gushue’s Newfoundland foursome was Fowler’s second in a row after an opening draw loss to Quebec and improves his rink’s record to 2-1.
Manitoba gets a bye this afternoon before returning to the ice this evening against PEI’s Mike Gaudet, who fell to 0-3 Sunday morning with an 8-7 extra end loss to Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs, who improved to 2-0.
“Anytime you get a draw to the four-foot for the win, it’s something I’m pretty comfortable with,” said Fowler.
The game appeared to be headed to an extra end until Gushue came up thin on a tapback attempt of a Manitoba counter with his final rock of the 10th end, leaving Fowler the draw for the win.
It was a break that finally went in favour of the Brandon skip, who had a few go against him in the loss to Quebec on Saturday. “Part of (curling) is getting a break or a miss here and there,” said Fowler, “and that definitely came into play there in the 10th end.”
Fowler had a chance in the fourth end to put the game away early, but was thin on a double-takeout attempt that would have netted his team at least four points, handing Newfoundland a steal of one instead.
Gushue fell to 0-2 with the loss and was left to wonder afterward about one that got away. “We’re just not as sharp as we need to be,” said Gushue, who is debuting a new team at the Brier this year. “You’ve got to give a rock a chance when you throw it. And there was a few shots out there today we didn’t even give it a chance.
“We were lucky even to have a chance to win. Rob should have put us away much earlier, I thought.”
In other games Sunday morning, Alberta’s Kevin Koe improved to 2-0 with a 9-4 win over New Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw (0-3), while Nova Scotia’s Jamie Murphy improved to 3-0 with a 5-3 win over BC’s Jim Cotter (0-2).
Murphy’s Nova Scotia foursome is made up entirely of Brier rookies and little was expected of them this week. They are alone in first heading into this afternoon, but their three victories have come against relative lightweights in the Territories, Prince Edward Island and BC.
SASKATOON — Manitoba’s Rob Fowler drew the four-foot with the last rock of the game to defeat 2006 Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue 8-7 here Sunday morning at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.
The victory over Gushue’s Newfoundland foursome was Fowler’s second in a row after an opening draw loss to Quebec and improves his rink’s record to 2-1.
Manitoba gets a bye this afternoon before returning to the ice this evening against PEI’s Mike Gaudet, who fell to 0-3 Sunday morning with an 8-7 extra end loss to Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs, who improved to 2-0.
“Anytime you get a draw to the four-foot for the win, it’s something I’m pretty comfortable with,” said Fowler.
The game appeared to be headed to an extra end until Gushue came up thin on a tapback attempt of a Manitoba counter with his final rock of the 10th end, leaving Fowler the draw for the win.
It was a break that finally went in favour of the Brandon skip, who had a few go against him in the loss to Quebec on Saturday. “Part of (curling) is getting a break or a miss here and there,” said Fowler, “and that definitely came into play there in the 10th end.”
Fowler had a chance in the fourth end to put the game away early, but was thin on a double-takeout attempt that would have netted his team at least four points, handing Newfoundland a steal of one instead.
Gushue fell to 0-2 with the loss and was left to wonder afterward about one that got away. “We’re just not as sharp as we need to be,” said Gushue, who is debuting a new team at the Brier this year. “You’ve got to give a r
SASKATOON — Manitoba’s Rob Fowler drew the four-foot with the last rock of the game to defeat 2006 Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue 8-7 here Sunday morning at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.
The victory over Gushue’s Newfoundland foursome was Fowler’s second in a row after an opening draw loss to Quebec and improves his rink’s record to 2-1.
Manitoba gets a bye this afternoon before returning to the ice this evening against PEI’s Mike Gaudet, who fell to 0-3 Sunday morning with an 8-7 extra end loss to Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs, who improved to 2-0.
“Anytime you get a draw to the four-foot for the win, it’s something I’m pretty comfortable with,” said Fowler.
The game appeared to be headed to an extra end until Gushue came up thin on a tapback attempt of a Manitoba counter with his final rock of the 10th end, leaving Fowler the draw for the win.
It was a break that finally went in favour of the Brandon skip, who had a few go against him in the loss to Quebec on Saturday. “Part of (curling) is getting a break or a miss here and there,” said Fowler, “and that definitely came into play there in the 10th end.”
Fowler had a chance in the fourth end to put the game away early, but was thin on a double-takeout attempt that would have netted his team at least four points, handing Newfoundland a steal of one instead.
Gushue fell to 0-2 with the loss and was left to wonder afterward about one that got away. “We’re just not as sharp as we need to be,” said Gushue, who is debuting a new team at the Brier this year. “You’ve got to give a rock a chance when you throw it. And there was a few shots out there today we didn’t even give it a chance.
“We were lucky even to have a chance to win. Rob should have put us away much earlier, I thought.”
In other games Sunday morning, Alberta’s Kevin Koe improved to 2-0 with a 9-4 win over New Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw (0-3), while Nova Scotia’s Jamie Murphy improved to 3-0 with a 5-3 win over BC’s Jim Cotter (0-2).
Murphy’s Nova Scotia foursome is made up entirely of Brier rookies and little was expected of them this week. They are alone in first heading into this afternoon, but their three victories have come against relative lightweights in the Territories, Prince Edward Island and BC.
ock a chance when you throw it. And there was a few shots out there today we didn’t even give it a chance.
“We were lucky even to have a chance to win. Rob should have put us away much earlier, I thought.”
In other games Sunday morning, Alberta’s Kevin Koe improved to 2-0 with a 9-4 win over New Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw (0-3), while Nova Scotia’s Jamie Murphy improved to 3-0 with a 5-3 win over BC’s Jim Cotter (0-2).
Murphy’s Nova Scotia foursome is made up entirely of Brier rookies and little was expected of them this week. They are alone in first heading into this afternoon, but their three victories have come against relative lightweights in the Territories, Prince Edward Island and BC.
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