Posts Tagged ‘kevin koe’
Saturday, April 27th, 2013
John Morris (Anil Mungal, Wikimedia Commons)
Canadian Olympic gold medallist John Morris of Winnipeg, Manitoba is leaving Kevin Martin’s curling team only seven months prior to the Olympic Curling Trials in Winnipeg. The winner of the Olympic Trials tournament will represent Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
In a stunning announcement made on Friday, Morris stated the team was not living up to their capability and it was important that a fresh face join the Martin team.
Morris was on Martin’s gold medal winning curling team as a third at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Martin will now need to find a replacement. Possible curlers that could join the Martin rink are Dave Nedohin, who threw fourth stones for three-time world champion Randy Ferbey and Brad Gushue who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin.
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Tags: 2010 olympic winter games, 2013 olympic curling trials, 2014 olympic winter games, brad gushue, dave nedohin, glenn howard, jeff stoughton, john epping, john morris, kevin koe, kevin martin, mike mcewen
Posted in Curling |
Monday, February 11th, 2013
The 2013 Tim Horton’s Brier might be very special for one of Canada’s greatest curlers of all-time.
That is because for the first time Kevin Martin of Edmonton will be curling at a Brier in his home town next month. On Sunday, in a marvelous curling game, Team Martin defeated Team Koe 5-4 in 11 ends in Leduc.
Martin, who was won 12 provincial championships as a skip for Team Alberta, did not represent Alberta when Edmonton hosted the Labatt Brier in 1999 or the Tim Horton’s Brier in 2005. Ken Hunka was 5-6 in 1999 and Randy Ferbey won the title eight years ago.
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Tags: 2013 tim horton's brier, brad gushue, brad jacobs, brock virtue, glenn howard, jean-michel menard, jeff stoughton, ken hunka, kevin koe, kevin martin, randy ferbey, ryan fry
Posted in Curling |
Saturday, December 1st, 2012
The Canada Cup of Curling will be having its playoffs this weekend from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Two Alberta teams are still in the mix–Calgary’s Kevin Koe and Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin.
Koe (4-2) will be playing an early morning tie-breaker against Manitoba’s Mike McEwen (Saturday, TSN, 7:00 a.m.) with the winner playing Glenn Howard in the men’s semi-final (Saturday, TSN, 5:30 p.m.). The winner of the semi-final will then play Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg in Sunday’s final (TSN, 1:30 p.m.).
On the women’s side, Nedohin will face Team Jones (without Jennifer Jones who gave birth two weeks ago) in the semi-final, and then Stefanie Lawton of Saskatchewan in Sunday’s championship final (TSN, 8:30 a.m.).
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Tags: andrew luck, bryce brown, dallas cowboys, denver broncos, detroit lions, doug martin, glenn howard, heather nedohin, indianapolis colts, jeff stoughton, kevin koe, lindsay vonn, miami dolphins, mike mcewen, new england patriots, peyton manning, philadelphia eagles, stacey cook, stefanie lawton, tampa bay buccaneers, unversity of alabama, unversity of georgia
Posted in Amateur Sports, Curling, NFL, University Sports |
Sunday, April 8th, 2012
Glenn Howard (Wikimedia Commons)
It was a solid performance by Team Canada today at the 2012 World Men’s Curling Championships in Basel, Switzerland.
Team Canada, led by 49 year old skip Glenn Howard of Midland, Ontario won his fourth World Championship of his career in a 8-7 extra end victory over Scotland’s Tom Brewster. Howard previously won the 1987 World Championship at Vancouver as a third for his brother Russ, threw third stones again for Russ Howard in Canada’s Gold medal performance at the 1993 World Championship in Geneva, Switzerland and skipped Canada to World Curling Gold at the 2007 World Curling Championship in Edmonton. Howard has also won a World Title in four different decades, making today’s performance remarkably special.
Another interesting statistic is that it is the third World Championship at three different positions for third Wayne Middaugh. The veteran curler was also the second for Team Canada at the 1993 World Championship and skip for Canada at the 1998 World Curling Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia.
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Tags: glenn howard, jeff stoughton, kevin koe, russ howard, wayne middaugh, world men's curling championship
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Glenn Howard (Wikimedia Commons)
Team Canada will play for Gold tomorrow morning in Basel, Switzerland at the World Men’s Curling Championship.
This morning, the Canadians skipped by Glenn Howard of Ontario defeated Team Scotland skipped by Tom Brewster 7-6 in eleven ends in the 1-2 game. Down 3-2 in the eighth, Howard just might have made the greatest shot of his career. He delivered a triple takeout that scored four Canadian points.
One disconcerting area though is that Howard’s foursome did a poor job in protecting the lead. They didn’t set up their stones early in the ninth end and allowed Scotland to score a deuce and then in the tenth end, Howard came up light with his final rock forcing the extra end.
Team Canada’s opponent Sunday will once again be Scotland. Despite a shaky start, Scotland hung on for a key 7-6 victory over Sweden in the semi-final game. Howard will try to become the third Canadian skip in consecutive years to win a World title following Edmonton’s Kevin Koe in 2009 and Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton in 2010. Another Edmonton connection tomorrow is that Tom Brewster’s wife is from the Alberta capital.
Tags: glenn howard, jeff stoughton, kevin koe, tom brewster, world men's curling championship
Posted in Curling |
Friday, April 6th, 2012
The Masters will obviously headline my television viewing this weekend with the very first major of the PGA Season. Currently Peter Hanson of Sweden (-5) leads U.S. Open Champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa, Ben Crane of the United States and day one leader Lee Westwood of England by a stroke.
Other players in contention are Major winners Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk and Paul Lawrie.
The television coverage for the tournament is Friday at 1pm on TSN, Saturday at 1:30pm on CBS, and Sunday at noon on CBS.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
Friday–NLL–Rochester Knighthawks @ Calgary Roughnecks–7pm–I’m heading down to the Scotiabank Saddledome this evening to see the Roughnecks in National Lacrosse League action. At 10-3, the Roughnecks are tied for first place in the West Division with the Colorado Mammoth. The Roughnecks lead the NLL with 180 goals scored, are led by former Knighthawk Shawn Evans, who leads the team in scoring with 58 points.
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Tags: ben crane, boston red sox, c.j. wilson, calgary roughnecks, chicago white sox, colorado mammoth, denver nuggets, dwight howard, gavin floyd, glenn howard, golden state warriors, hayley wickenheiser, heath bell, jeff stoughton, jim furyk, jose reyes, kevin koe, lee westwood, los angeles lakers, louis oosthuizen, masters, matt harrison, miami marlins, Orlando Magic, paul lawrie, peter hanson, philadelphia 76ers, philadelphia phillies, phoenix suns, rory mcilroy, Shannon Szabados, shawn evans, stan van gundy, Steve Nash, texas rangers, tom brewster, toronto blue jays, ty lawson, women's world hockey championship, world men's curling championship, yu darvish, zach johnson
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Saturday, March 10th, 2012
It was a fantastic day for Alberta Curling.
In the semi-final of the Tim Horton’s Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Kevin Koe, now of Calgary, defeated Rob Fowler of Manitoba by a score of 8-6.
Down 4-3 in the eighth end, Team Alberta scored four points on two mistakes by Fowler. First the Manitoba skip missed on a takeout and then he was heavy on a corner freeze, allowing Koe to score his bundle.
Earlier in the day, Alberta defeated the Yukon/Northwest Territories 10-6 in the 3-4 game. History was made as it was the very first time in the history of the Brier that a team from Canada’s most northern region qualified for the Brier playoffs. In this game, Kevin Koe came back as well. Down 4-3 after five ends, Kevin Koe dominated the next four ends outscoring his brother Jamie 7-2. He had a great eighth end in this game as well, as he stole four points.
Alberta will play Glenn Howard of Ontario in the final.
Also, at the World Junior Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden, Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher qualified for the final with a 9-3 win over Sweden in the 1-2 game. Sweden is playing Norway in the semi-final.
Tags: brendan bottcher, glenn howard, jamie koe, kevin koe, tim horton's brier, world junior curling championships
Posted in Curling |
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
Curling Rock (Earl Andrew, Wikimedia Commons)
It will be an historic playoffs at the Tim Horton’s Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan starting today. For the first time ever, Yukon/Northwest Territories will be part of the final four. There is another unique storyline here because the 3/4 game will be a battle of brothers. Jamie Koe of Yukon/Northwest Territories will take on his brother, the formidable Kevin Koe of Calgary, the 2010 World Champion. The game can be seen at 12:30pm on TSN.
The winner of the 3-4 game will play Manitoba’s Rob Fowler this evening at 6pm (TSN) in the semi-final with the winner of the semi-final playing Ontario’s Glenn Howard in tomorrow night’s final also at 6pm (TSN). Howard gave Fowler a 9-3 spanking last night in the 1-2 game, a game completely dominated by the veteran skip from Midland.
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Tags: boston bruins, bubba watson, calgary flames, claude giroux, colorado avalanche, Dany Heatley, Edmonton Oilers, evgeni malkin, Gabriel Landeskog, glenn howard, jamie koe, jarome iginla, justin rose, kevin koe, minnesota wild, paul stastny, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, rob fowler, ryan o'reilly, Sidney Crosby, tim horton's brier, toronto maple leafs
Posted in Curling, NHL, PGA |
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Ontario Flag
At 49 years of age, Ontario’s Glenn Howard continues to play the sport of curling at a very high level.
This week at the Tim Horton’s Brier, Howard has been the team to beat, as he leads the national bonspiel at 9-1. His only loss came to Jamie Koe of the Yukon/Northwest Territiories by a score of 10-6 in an extra end. But you can put a slight asterisk beside that Ontario loss because Howard’s lead, Craig Savill was out with the flu.
What makes Ontario so strong has been their overall consistency. They do an excellent job with their finesse shots. They may not have the same power as Team Alberta and Team Manitoba, but Howard makes up for it with his experience. He is now the all-time leader in games played at the Brier and has been representing Ontario now for 14 times.
Tonight, Howard will play Team Alberta, a rival, as Kevin Koe defeated Howard in the final of the 2010 Tim Horton’s Brier in Halifax. If Alberta defeats Nova Scotia this afternoon, first place is on the line.
Tags: 2012 tim horton's brier, craig savill, glenn howard, jamie koe, kevin koe
Posted in Curling |
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
With all the talk of Glenn Howard breaking Russ Howard’s Brier record for 175 all-time career games, there was another historical anecdote at the Brier that caught my eye on Tuesday.
When Team Nova Scotia played Team Saskatchewan in Saskatoon tonight, history of another sort was made. It is believed that it was the first time where two female coaches opposed each other. Kay Montgomery coaches Team Saskatchewan and Helen Radford coaches Team Nova Scotia.
The issue though is that the records are a little foggy. I have watched the Brier regularly since 1987, and I can honestly never have remembered a female coach.
At the end of the day Team Nova Scotia defeated Team Saskatchewan 10-7 to improve to 4-3. Team Saskatchewan dropped to 2-5.
Team Alberta and Team Ontario continue to lead at 6-1. Calgary’s Kevin Koe lost his first game of the week this afternoon by a score of 7-6 to Team Northern Ontario. Kevin Koe will play his brother, Jamie Koe of the Yukon/Northwest Territories tomorrow morning at 7:30am.
Tags: glenn howard, helen radford, jamie koe, kay montgomery, kevin koe, russ howard
Posted in Curling |
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Brier Tankard (Wikimedia Commons)
Move over Serena and Venus Williams. Move over Daniel and Henrik Sedin. You have company now in the world of curling.
After Day three of the 2012 Tim Horton’s Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Alberta’s Kevin Koe is a perfect 5-0, and his brother Jamie, is a solid 4-1. That’s a 90% winning percentage for the curling brothers. The sport of curling hasn’t seen this type of dominance by brothers since Russ and Glenn Howard six years ago.
Team Alberta out of the Glencoe Club in Calgary, may be 5-0 after a convincing 8-2 win over Prince Edward Island this afternoon and a 6-3 win over home town Saskatchewan tonight, but I have been slightly more impressed with Jamie Koe’s 4-1 because of the strength of schedule factor.
Jamie Koe has defeated 2006 Olympic Champion Brad Gushue of Newfoundland, 2007 World Champion Glenn Howard of Ontario and 2010 Bronze medallist Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario to date. Northwest Territories/Yukon are tied with Ontario at 4-1.
In Tuesday morning’s television action, Kevin Koe takes on Brad Gushue of Newfoundland, who is currently a surprising 1-4.
Tags: 2012 tim horton's brier, brad gushue, brad jacobs, daniel sedin, glenn howard, henrik sedin, jamie koe, kevin koe, russ howard, serena williams, venus williams
Posted in Curling |
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Brier Tankard (Wikimedia Commons)
The 2012 Tim Horton’s Brier commences today from Saskatoon. Alberta will be represented this year by Kevin Koe who curled out of the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton in recent years before making the switch to the Glencoe Curling Club in Calgary for this season.
Koe’s opening game will be seen live tonight at 5:30pm on TSN against British Columbia’s Jim Cotter.
In my opinion there are four teams that will contend for the championship. Koe, the 2010 World Champion, will be joined by Glenn Howard of Ontario, the 2007 World Champion, Brad Gushue of Newfoundland, the 2006 Olympic Winter Games Champion, and Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario, who finished in third place at the 2010 Tim Horton’s Brier.
The field will not have Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton, who won the 2011 World Curling Championship, and defeated Howard 8-6 in last year’s final. Stoughton failed to make the Manitoba Provincial Semi-Final in Dauphin, Manitoba this year.
The first televised game is Manitoba versus Quebec today at 12:30pm with draw times of 7:30am, 12:30pm and 5:30pm tomorrow.
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Tags: 2012 tim horton's brier, boston bruins, brad gushue, brad jacobs, brad richards, buffalo sabres, c;aude giroux, calgary flames, Chicago Blackhawks, dallas stars, detroit red wings, glenn howard, henrik lundqvist, joffrey lupul, kevin koe, marian gaborik, montreal canadiens, new york rangers, phil kessel, Philadelphia Flyers, randy carlyle, ryan callahan, ryan miller, toronto maple leafs, Vancouver Canucks, washington capitals
Posted in Curling, NHL |
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Kevin Koe (Verne Equinox, Wikimedia Commons)
It was an intriguing Sunday at the Boston Pizza Cup in Camrose.
In the men’s semi-final, Brock Virtue of Calgary, an unknown curling team on the Canadian scene, shocked Olympic champion Kevin Martin 8-7.
Then in the final, Kevin Koe, the 2010 World Champion, now living in Calgary, defeated Virtue 6-3 to win his second Alberta Men’s Curling Championship in three years.
But I feel the story of the tournament was Virtue’s team because nobody expected anything but a Koe/Martin final. But it was Virtue that came out with the stunning victory. The 25-year old from the Glencoe Club in Calgary recorded a key steal of two points in the fourth end to take a 5-1 lead.
The field is now set for the 2012 Tim Horton’s Brier in Saskatoon. Other high profile Canadian curling teams that have booked their ticket to Saskatchewan are 2006 Olympic Champion Brad Gushue of Newfoundland, 2007 World Champion Glenn Howard of Ontario, and Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario, who finished third at the 2010 Tim Horton’s Brier, and scored eight points in one end in his 14-3 Northern Ontario playdowns semi-final victory on the weekend.
Tags: 2012 tim horton's brier, brad gushue, brad jacobs, brock virtue, glenn howard, kevin koe
Posted in Curling |
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Curling Rock (Earl Andrew, Wikimedia Commons)
Red Deer’s Jocelyn Peterman is off to the World Junior Curling Championship from March 3-11 in Ostersund, Sweden.
On Saturday in Napanee, Ontario, Peterman representing Team Alberta, defeated Team Manitoba’s Shannon Birchard 12-6 in the M & M Meat Shop Canadian Junior Curling Championship Final.
Peterman’s victory was a complete blowout. She once led 9-1 at the half-way point of the match. Peterman’s team includes third Brittany Tran, second Rebecca Konschuh and lead Kristine Anderson.
Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher could make it an Alberta sweep. Bottcher, of Edmonton, will play either Kyle Doering of Manitoba or Brennan Wark of Northern Ontario in the men’s final today.
It is also getting interesting at the Alberta’s Men’s Provincial Championship in Camrose. This morning Olympic champion Kevin Martin is taking on Calgary’s Brock Virtue in the semi-final with the winner taking on former World Champion Kevin Koe. Don’t count out Virtue though, as he upset Martin 7-4 in the B qualifier Friday night.
Tags: alberta men's curling championship, boston pizza cup, brendan bottcher, brennan wark, brittany tran, brock virtue, canadian junior curling championship, jocelyn peterman, kevin koe, kevin martin, kristine anderson, kyle doering, rebecca konschuh, shannon birchard
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