Canada’s Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg moved to the front of the Ford Worlds pack of a dozen with a 3-and-0 record on Sunday afternoon at the Brandt Centre in Regina, exhibiting his team’s usual patience in a 7-4 victory over Germany’s Andy Kapp of Fussen.
The German skip unleashed a glittering array of shots in an effort to keep his team in the game but eventually wilted when Canada scored its second deuce in the seventh end to grab control of the issue.
“He (Kapp) was a one-man wrecking crew,” said Canadian vice-skip Jon Mead. “He made one shot in the fourth end that I can’t make . . . no way. We had to be the better team or the way he was curling it would have been a blowout.”
Skip Stoughton agreed. “There was a little more rhythm in this game for us,” he said. “But, yeah, we had to be patient until we were able to get that second deuce. You’ve just got to keep plugging along. Their skip was playing so well. We just had to hang in there and keep up with them.
“It was good to get a good game under our belt. Our first two games were a little shaky. We still weren’t super sharp today but we made all the clutch draws that we needed to make and I think the guys just felt better out there.”