Winnipeg’s Calvert gunning for gold
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TALLINN, Estonia — It wasn’t pretty, but Braden Calvert’s Winnipeg team will take it.
The Canadian men ousted Switzerland in the Page playoff 1-2 game Friday night at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, and will play for gold on Sunday. Winnipeg’s Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson, alternate Colton Lott and coach Tom Clasper, managed to hang in for the 7-6 win over Switzerland in a tight, anxiety-provoking game that wasn’t settled until Canada stole the winning point in the 10th end.
Canada was able to generate a two-ender in the ninth to tie the game 6-6 coming home.
The 10th end was a less-than-ideal setup, with Switzerland ticking Canada’s centreline guard over to the four-foot line, then Canada’s second guard attempt landing in the top 12-foot.
On Calvert’s first rock, the team had to draw behind the only guard available to them — the corner guard. The rock ran straight, but the men were able to bury most by sweeping it to the back four. Switzerland executed a tap, leaving its rock back button. The Canadians played the freeze to the Swiss stone, but was a little heavy and tapped the rock to the back house.
Needing to pick the Canadian stone out of play for the win, the Swiss rock floated wide and passed by Canada’s shot rock by less than an inch. A deafening silence followed with a quiet handshake to end the game.
“Shocked. You expect him to make that shot,” said Calvert, when asked about his immediate reaction to the result. “I guess we’ll take it.”
Calvert assessed the game and his team’s performance.
“We just came out pretty sluggish. I didn’t play good enough personally to give the guys a fighting chance most of the way and we just kept hanging in there. Never putting the pressure on them that we needed to,” said Calvert. “It will be different in the final. We’re going to go pedal to the metal right off the bat.”
On the women’s side, Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque inished off the round robin during the morning draw with a perfect 9-0 record after a win over South Korea.
— The Canadian Press
