Canada moves into contention at worlds

Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2011

Amber Holland appreciates the gesture, but she doesn't have any intention of following the lead of some of her Canadian supporters at the Capital One world women's curling championship in Esbjerg, Denmark.

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Amber Holland appreciates the gesture, but she doesn’t have any intention of following the lead of some of her Canadian supporters at the Capital One world women’s curling championship in Esbjerg, Denmark.

Some male spouses, friends and siblings adopted mohawk haircuts on Monday as a means of showing their support for Holland and, hopefully, ending Canada’s three-game losing streak at the world championship. The haircuts might have helped as Holland and her crew from Kronau, Sask., embarked on a three-game winning streak.

The run started Monday when Holland beat Linn Githmark of Norway 7-5. On Tuesday, the men dyed their mohawks red and Holland went on to beat Anna Kubeskova of the Czech Republic 7-4 and Patti Lank of the United States 9-6 to improve her record to 4-3.

Jesper Dall / Associated Press archives
From left, Norway's skipper Linn Githmark and lead Kritin Skaslien played Canada's skip Amber Holland and third Kim Schneider Monday. — Jesper Dall / Associated Press archives From left, Norway's skipper Linn Githmark and lead Kritin Skaslien played Canada's skip Amber Holland and third Kim Schneider Monday.

“There is no chance that I am getting any type of hairdo that involves clippers,” Holland said via email. “The guys will tell you that the mohawks started the streak. I’m not sure if the mohawks can really correlate to the on-ice performance, but we might as well let them think it does.”

The haircuts and the performances of Holland’s crew of Kim and Tammy Schneider and Heather Kalenchuk have vaulted her team into contention. Holland was tied for third with China, Denmark and Russia after Tuesday’s draws. Sweden’s Anette Norberg, a two-time gold medallist at the Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010) leads the field with a 6-1 record. Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott, a two-time silver medallist at the Games (2002 and 2006), is second at 5-2.

Ott and Norberg were to play in today’s morning draw. Holland then plays Ott in the afternoon and Norberg in the evening. Today’s games may go a long way toward sorting out the playoff picture, especially for Canada.