(by Jason Simmonds)
SUMMERSIDE – Kevin Koe and Mike McEwen are tied atop the men’s standings at the 2014 Players’ Championship here at Eastlink Arena.
Skip Kevin Koe follows his shot down the ice while second stone Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen handle the sweeping. The action took place during Thursday’s game against Brad Gushue at the 2014 Players’ Championship at Eastlink Arena.
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Both rinks are 3-0 (won-lost) after Koe rallied for a 9-6 win over Brad Gushue in Thursday’s supper-hour draw, and McEwen edged Jeff Stoughton 5-4 in afternoon action. Gushue is alone in second place at 3-1 while Brad Jacobs and John Epping are tied for third at 2-1.
With both rinks going in undefeated, Koe expected a close game.
“Brad has a great team and it looks like they’ve been playing good all week, himself especially,” said Koe. “We knew we were in tough, and fortunately we found a way to sneak it out.”
Also in Draw 8, Jacobs needed an extra end to defeat Niklas Edin of Sweden 7-4; Epping downed Sven Michel of Switzerland; David Murdoch got his first win with a 6-4 decision over Glenn Howard, and Heather Nedohin got her first win in four games by defeating Switzerland’s Michele Jaggi 5-4.