The Holland College Hurricanes, skipped by Matthew MacLean, split their opening day games at the CCAA Curling National Championship, which wraps up on Saturday at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton AB, with eight men’s and an equal number of women’s rinks taking part.
The Hurricanes team, which also includes third Jonathan Kennedy, second Alex Sutherland, and lead stone Wyatt Johnson, and is coached by Angela Hodgson, got off to a slow start in their opener against the Sault Cougars, trailing 4-3 after seven, but scored five points in the last three ends to win 8-4. Their second game, against Confederation, also featured a late game rally, with the PEI team scoring a deuce in the ninth and stealing a single in the 10th, but lost by a 7-6 score.
The ‘Canes play three games today – against the NAIT Ooks at 8:30 this morning (11:30 PEI time), the Lakeland Rustlers at 2 pm (5 pm ADT), and the Augustana Vikings at 7 pm (10 pm Atlantic). They finish up round robin action on Friday with games at 830 am (Fanshaw Falcons) and 2 pm (Grant MacEwan Griffins). Games are 10 ends.
Tiebreakers, if needed, go at 6, and, if required, 9 pm on Friday. The bronze medal game takes place at 9:30 am Saturday, with the gold medal championship game at 2:30 pm. (All times Mountain – add 3 hours for Atlantic).
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