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Weekend Sports Preview–March 24 & 25–Elite Eight, NHL, Women’s World Curling Championship, Soccer

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin is three victories away from winning the Women’s World Curling Championship in Lethbridge.

Yesterday afternoon, Nedohin got things back on track with a 9-8 victory over the United States in the fourth place tie-breaker.

Nedohin’s team got off to a commanding 4-0 lead after the second end before hanging on for the narrow victory. They now will have to face Korea’s Ji-Sun Kim in the 3-4 game this afternoon (1pm, TSN). With a win, they will then face Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott, the two-time Olympic silver medallist in the semi-final (6pm, TSN) and then if they win that, they will have to face Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson in the final (Sunday, 4:30pm).

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Tags: 2012 olympic games, 2012 women's world curling championship, anthony davis, billy donovan, brent sutter, calgary flames, colorado avalanche, columbus blue jackets, dallas stars, Edmonton Oilers, florida gators, harrison barnes, heather nedohin, jay feaster, ji-sun kim, kansas jayhawks, kris joseph, louisville cardinals, margaretha sigfridsson, michal misewicz, mirjam ott, north carolina tar heels, ohio state buckeyes, rick pitino, soccer olympic qualifier, syracuse orangemen, thomas robinson, tyler zeller, tyshawn taylor, Vancouver Canucks
Posted in Amateur Sports, Curling, NHL, Soccer, University Sports |

Nedohin off to lucky 3-0 start at Worlds

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Team Canada is off to a perfect 3-0 start at the Women’s World Curling Championship in Lethbridge.

The question is should they be 3-0? On Sunday night, Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott missed a rather simple takeout of a Canadian stone behind a long guard.

You could make the strong argument that Switzerland lost last night more than Canada won 6-5. But at the end of the day, the Canadian team is right where they want to be, and have looked more impressive on the ice after the first three games of the Women’s World Curling Championship than they did at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

The level of competition should be a little easier over the next day or two than it was on the weekend. Team Canada has the Czech Republic and Denmark today followed by Russia and Sweden tomorrow. In fact the only team I see that will create significant problems for Nedohin between now and the end of the round robin is Scotland’s Eve Muirhead Thursday night in the final round robin draw.

Tags: eve muirhead, heather nedohin, mirjam ott, women's world curling championship
Posted in Curling |

What’s wrong with Canadian Curling?

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Amber Holland (Wikimedia Commons)

Is it time to panic? Is it time to question if the current status quo is the best way to determine a Canadian champion?

After Day Five of the Women’s World Curling Championships in Esjberg, Denmark, it is. Ok, Canada has a record of 4-3. Amber Holland’s rink is a game over the .500 mark. But the bottom line is that she is simply not living up to the Canadian standards when it comes to the sport.

Is it her fault? No. Amber Holland’s team have played just as well to date as they did at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They might have played a little better in Charlottetown at the half way point in the round robin, but there were many instances where their opponent lost the game rather than Holland winning them.

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Tags: amber holland, andrea schopp, anette norberg, glenn howard, jeff stoughton, kevin martin, mirjam ott, women's world curling championship
Posted in Curling |