Canadian Curling Association – Howard advances to men’s final at Strauss Canada Cup
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Source: Canadian Curling Association
KAMLOOPS, February 4, 2006…Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ontario has advanced to Sunday’s men’s final of the Strauss Canada Cup, taking place at the Interior Savings Centre.
Saturday afternoon, in a battle of section winners, Howard managed to score a deuce in the 10th end on a hit and stay to win, 5-4, after Kevin Martin of Edmonton came up a tad light on a draw with his final stone. It was a well-curled cross-over Page Playoff game, as both Howard and Martin recorded 91%, while Martin’s team had a slight 94%-91% edge.
Howard had finished on top in Section A with a 4-1 record while Martin, the defending Cup champion, was unbeaten at 5-0 in Section B.
The result meant that Howard will now await the winner of tonight’s (8:00 pm PT) semi-final between Martin and John Morris of Calgary. Morris made quick work of Kelowna’s Bob Ursel in the A2 vs B2 game, taking an 8-1 decision after six ends.
Morris, who also finished with a 4-1 record in Section A, but placed second since he lost, 7-3, to Glenn Howard during the round robin, stole a single in the second, a deuce in the third and another deuce in the sixth to capture the battle of former world junior champions. Morris’ front end of Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy were a perfect 100%, as the Morris team fired 94% to Ursel’s 76%.
The men’s final, to be seen live on CBC-TV at 9:00 am PT/12 Noon ET on Sunday, offers a $33,500 prize to the winner.
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