Team Einarson started the GSOC Players' Championship 1-3 before an unlikely and impressive run to the trophy. JonathanBrazeau takes an inside look at Team Einarson’s fifth title of the season:
Einarson breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed “Oh god” when she heard her team was the lucky one advancing. Although Team Einarson started with hammer in only two of their five round-robin games, they still ended up with a superior shootout total at 2.00 compared to Homan at 5.00 and Fujisawa at 10.00. It just so happened they ran into teams that kept hitting the button or covering the pin during their games.
“It was good we were in control,” said Einarson, who held on to win 6-4. “The first end, she had a hit for two but after that we really put some pressure on them and made them make some big shots.” Stop me if you heard this one before: Einarson didn’t open the final with the hammer but managed to set the tone regardless. Hasselborg faced two counters on her last of the second end and connected with a hit on one, but after a measurement, Einarson was awarded a stolen point with the second one.
“Briane and I weren’t sure who was second shot there in the eighth and Val was pretty sure it was us,” Birchard said. “Trust her eyes, she’s the third.” “From where I was standing it looked like it was pretty close,” Sweeting said. “We got fortunate there. She had perfect weight, it just didn’t curl enough. We would have had a bit of a tricky shot there but we felt pretty comfortable. Kerri and I had been talking about what she would play. We were definitely prepared to throw that one.”
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