(by Fred Rinne) – It was a wonderful Wednesday for Heather Nedohin’s Team Canada at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge.
Heather Nedohin reacts to a play at the 2012 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. (CCA/Michael Burns Photography)
After a clutch 7-5 win over Korea in the morning draw to even those teams’ records at 6-2, it was a quick turnaround and back on the ice again in the afternoon against the 3-4 Germans, skipped by Canadian Melanie Robillard, called in to replace injured veteran skipper Andrea Schoepp.
It was a tale of two games. The Germans having the better of the early ends. Nedohin’s crew would wrest control of the contest in the sixth with a three-spot. Canada kept it clear the rest of the way blanking the final two ends with hammer to register a 5-4 win a climb to the top of table at 7-2 and guarantee at worst a tiebreaker.
“I thought we played well as a team, I thought we controlled the first few ends, we were just unfortunate to give them that two in the fifth end,” said Nedohin.