(Jason Simmonds) SUMMERSIDE – The Eddie MacKenzie rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club won the 2011 Labatt Tankard provincial men’s curling championship here at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club on Tuesday afternoon.
MacKenzie, third stone Mike Gaudet, second stone Mike Dillon and lead Alex MacFadyen rallied from a 5-2 deficit after five ends to defeat clubmate John Likely 8-6 to advance to the Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ont., from March 5 to 13. Likely needed to win to force a sudden-death game in the evening.
MacKenzie finished the triple-knockout format at 8-1, and Likely finished with a 7-3 mark.
Likely’s teammates are third stone Kyle Stevenson, second stone Mark Butler and lead Doug MacGregor.
See complete coverage in Wednesday’s Journal Pioneer.
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John Likely, left, congratulates Eddie MacKenzie after the final game of the 2011 Labatt Tankard provincial men’s curling championship in Summerside on Tuesday afternoon. MacKenzie topped Likely 8-6 in a battle of Charlottetown Curling Club rinks.