Unbeaten Saskatchewan, skipped by Jeff Gartner, had a day off on Tuesday at the 50th annual Canadian Firefighters Curling Association being played at the Charlottetown Curling Club, picking up their default win against Newfoundland and Labrador, who didn’t send a team to the event, to go to 7-0. Close behind at 6-1 is Northern Ontario’s Jeff Zechner rink, who recorded up a 7-3 win over the team from the southern part of the province, aided by a five-point seventh end.

Two teams, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, are sitting with two losses. In today’s play, the Bluenosers stole two in the tenth to pick up a high-scoring 13-11 win over PEI’s Jeff Nelson team from the Montague Fire Department, and then edged Manitoba by a 7-6 score. BC blanked the Northwest Territories 9-0 today.

Joining PEI with three losses are Southern Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba, with Manitoba edging Alberta 6-5 in their first game today, before losing to Nova Scotia in the second.

Three teams are at 1-6. Quebec picked up their first win. 6-4 over New Brunswick, while New Brunswick picked up their first victory, a 10-0 blank of the Territories, who are the third 1-6 team, in only five ends.

Round robin play wraps up with the 9 am Friday draw, with Wednesday and Thursday games at 9 am and 2:30 pm.
The top four teams from the round robin will advance to the championship round, with the first and second place teams playing off in the Page 1 vs 2 game, with the winner advancing directly to the 1 pm Saturday final, and the loser playing the winner of the Page 3 vs 4 game in the semi-final, with that winner going to the championship game.