(by Larry Wood)
You can’t blame Glenn Howard for thinking it might never happen again. The Coldwater skip who has won seven straight Ontario curling titles while rarely suffering a defeat, went into Sunday night’s Tim Hortons Brier final with a dubious record of having won only one national final in the last five tries.
To boot, he was facing Alberta’s Kevin Koe, his conqueror two years ago in the Brier’s last showdown between the two.
Team Ontario wins at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.
(Photo: CCA/Michael Burns Photography)
But there was something about the Ontario team at this particular Brier at the Credit Union Centre. It always looked like a winner. And the skip allowed as how it always felt like a winner, too.
“Son of a gun!” the 49-year-old Howard yelped following his 7-6 victory over Alberta’s Koe before 9,974 fans.
“I told you we’d bring our A-game and there it is! Still I had to make the last shot, Koe kept hanging on, but, oh, it’s a great feeling. It’s a little monkey off our back, I think, but we didn’t miss anything, we brought it tonight.