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Team Canada’s Brad Gushue is playing for their sixth Brier title after a 7-3 win after nine ends of play with Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher. After Bottcher made a draw to the button with his last sitting half-buried, Gushue made a soft tap with his last to score two in the first end. Bottcher answered with […]

In an ending that made Saskatchewan fans sweat a little, the host province is moving on to Sunday’s semifinal at the Montana’s Brier. The Mike McEwen rink out of Saskatoon’s Nutana Curling Club defeated Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone 6-5 in the 3-4 page playoff game. It was a game of stolen points for both sides. Up […]

Hammer proved to be difficult in Saskatchewan’s 7-0 win over The Northwest Territories Friday night to advance to the 3-4 page playoff game. Saskatchewan skip Mike McEwen had a soft angle tap to try and score two in the first end. He didn’t get enough of the yellow Northwest Territories stone, but was able to […]

For the first time since 2011, the World Men’s Curling Championship returns to Saskatchewan in 2025. This time, Moose Jaw will get its first crack at hosting the World Men’s, getting the opportunity to hold the event next year.  Moose Jaw’s 4,465-seat Moose Jaw Event Centre, built in 2011, was also the site of the […]

Curling fans now know who is in the playoffs at the Montana’s Brier in Regina. In Pool A, first place was decided during the last game of the round-robin, as Manitoba’s Team Carruthers, skipped by Brad Jacobs, defeated Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher 6-3. Bottcher finished second, and Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone finished third via a head-to-head tiebreaker […]

Team Saskatchewan finished their round-robin play at the Montana’s Brier with a 7-1 record after defeating Quebec 7-6 Thursday afternoon. In the first end, McEwen made a soft tap to sit at least two, forcing Tremblay to hit and stick for a single point. With the hammer in the second, McEwen didn’t need his last […]

Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen was a playoff early bird at the Canadian men’s curling championship on Wednesday. Not only did the host province grab the first of six playoff berths with a day of pool play remaining, McEwen (6-1) secured the top seed in Pool B with a 9-3 win over Nunavut’s Shane Latimer on Wednesday […]

Saskatchewan’s win Wednesday night at the Montana’s Brier served as a reunion for former college teammates. Saskatchewan Skip Mike McEwen and Nunavut’s third Sheldon Wettig curled together for Brandon University in the early 2000s, winning Nationals together in 2002 and the World University Games in 2003. They last curled together in 2005 and, according to McEwen […]

Among the surprises to start the 2024 Canadian men’s curling championship, four-time champion Kevin Koe’s struggles were completely unexpected. The buzz around four teams toppling higher seeds on the fourth day of the Montana’s Brier spilled into Tuesday, when the No. 3 men’s team in Canada added to the drama in Regina by falling out […]

It was fair to call Saskatchewan’s win on Tuesday afternoon at the Montana’s Brier a Western-style shootout. The offence dominated play early and often in the Mike McEwen rink’s win over Alberta’s Aaron Sluchinski, 11-6. Saskatchewan was in a bind early after Colton Flasch missed a hit on the wings, allowing Alberta to sit as […]