The Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship is down to one or two games. The top seeded Adam Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside and the Charlottetown Curling Complex captured the C division of the modified triple knockout round this afternoon at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton with a 7-5 win over Charlottetown’s Tyler MacKenzie team. As Casey also won another pool, the B, he earns a spot in both championship games on Tuesday, scheduled for 11 am and 3:30 pm, and will take the PEI men’s championship if he wins either game, while his opponent, A pool winner Jamie Newson of Charlottetown, would have to win both games in order to win the championship.
In this afternoon’s C final, Casey was leading 2-1 after four ends, and scored a triple in end five when MacKenzie’s attempted double against three Casey counters missed the mark. MacKenzie drew for a pair in six, and stole a single in seven when Casey missed a runback, narrowing the gap to a single point, with a 5-4 score. Casey tapped one back for a single in eight, while MacKenzie responded with one in nine, to trail by one point, coming home without hammer. MacKenzie’s final shot went a little deep, and Casey took a single in end 10 for the 7-5 win.
The PEI Tankard winner advances to the pre-qualifier round for the Tim Hortons Brier, which takes place February 28 – March 8 in Calgary.
Live end by end Curlcast results at: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1362-2015-tankard-men-s-curling-championship-pei/scoreboard/Tue-10
BellAliant Community One livestream at: http://live.streamit.ca/?player=2223
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Event website: https://peicurling.com/tankard20142015/