REGINA — The Brier's top seed and the men's curling team ranked No. 2 in the world exited the Canadian men's championship in a Sunday semifinal loss. Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen reached Sunday's final with a 7-3 win over Alberta's Brendan Bottcher.
REGINA — The Brier's top seed and the men's curling team ranked No. 2 in the world exited the Canadian men's championship in a Sunday semifinal loss.A Saskatchewan team advanced to the Brier's final for the first time since Brad Heidt lost to Kerry Burtnyk in 1995 in Halifax. The last Saskatchewan team to win was Rick Folk's in 1980.
"I can't imagine a more electric situation," McEwen said."Brad is so loved by curling fans, right? To have that matchup in the final, that's what everybody dreams of, both the athlete and the fan experience."Third Marc Kennedy, Gushue's former second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert own a combined 10 Canadian and five world championships between them. Kennedy was an Olympic gold medallist in 2010 playing second for Kevin Martin.
"We're on a great trajectory. We're having a great season and by no means is your season defined by one day." Other than a steal of one in the fifth to trail 3-2, Bottcher couldn't muster enough offence to overtake the host province. Alberta didn't score two points in ends when it had last-rock advantage."They came out and played great out of the gate, and they got a big three-ender there," Bottcher said."That kind of set the tone for the game. Then they followed it up by making a pile of shots the rest of the game.
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