Eddie MacKenzie squad is feeling better about its game at the Canadian men’s curling championship

By Ed Klajman  

Special to The Guardian

LONDON, ONT. — It took four long days but finally Eddie MacKenzie and his P.E.I. squad have notched a victory at the Brier.

After losing their first five games — and being beaten so convincingly they only got to the 10th end once — the Charlottetown Club rink stunned New Brunswick’s James Grattan 8-5 Tuesday morning.

“It’s nice to get a win but it would have been nice a couple of days ago too,” joked MacKenzie, the 38-year-old P.E.I. skip. “We played a lot better today from start to finish. I was just throwing the rock better and getting better placement.”

MacKenzie just laughed when asked by reporters if the win is going to be the start of something big for his team, which also features third stone Mike Gaudet, second Mike Dillon and lead Alex MacFayden.

“We’ll just go one game at a time, I guess,” he chuckled. “I think we’ll be a little more positive and try and keep that going. We’re playing teams that are a little more on the bubble than we are too,” he explained, referring to upcoming opponents such as Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario that must keep winning to stay in contention, while the Prince Edward Islanders can play care-free at this point.

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