(by Marcel Vander Weir)
CORNWALL — It’s been eight years since Michael Gaudet has skipped a provincial curling team into the national championships.
But following a brilliant performance at the P.E.I. Tankard championship held in Cornwall this weekend, the 39-year-old has again won the chance to represent the Island at the Tim Hortons Brier.
This year’s Brier takes place in Saskatoon from March 3 to 11.
Gaudet’s rink defeated 21-year-old Brett Gallant’s rink 7-5 in what was an intense Tankard final Monday night.
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TC Media photo by Brian McInnis Skip Mike Gaudet releases his stone during action in the final game of the 2012 provincial Tankard at the Cornwall Curling Club Monday night. Gaudet curls out of the Charlottetown Curling Club and was playing clubmate Brett Gallant.It’s a little unexpected,” Gaudet admitted after the match. “Going into the year, our goal was to obviously win this year, but when you finally play good enough and it comes true . . . it’s just hard to take in right now.”His rink of third Tyler MacKenzie, second Tyler Harris, and lead Sean Clarey play out of the Charlottetown Curling Club.
“We gelled together well all year, I found,” Gaudet told The Guardian. “We get along great and the guys . . . they played great in front of me. So it makes my job a lot easier.”
Gaudet represented Prince Edward Island at the Brier last year as a third in Eddie MacKenzie’s rink. Alex MacFadyen was the lead.