Steve Laycock of Saskatchewan stole two in an extra end Sunday to beat Brad Gushue of Newfoundland-Labrador 7-5 in the bronze medal game at the Tim Hortons Brier.
You come to the Brier trying to win it and it’s disappointing not to have a chance at the gold tonight,” said Laycock, who lost in Saturday’s Page 3-4 playoff game. “This is all we had left so we’re happy to have won.
“We’re a professional team, once you step onto the ice it’s go-time. It was actually a fun game to be a part of. We got off to a slow start, avoided disaster in the third and we played a good second half so I was proud of the guys.”
For Gushue, who was in his 12th Brier without a championship, it was still an emotional game after losing in the semifinal about 12 hours earlier.
“We had a real hard time getting motivated this morning,” he said. “It was a pretty fresh wound. We came here for the championship. We didn’t get that and we just want to get home.”
Gushue scored two in the first end, forced Saskatchewan to take one in the second before Laycock’s team stole two in the third when Newfoundland-Labrador looked to in position to score a bunch.
Newfoundland-Labrador was counting three in a large grouping in and around the four foot. But Laycock turned it around with two shots—first a raise double that opened up the house and then an angle runback that left him sitting two. Gushue’s final shot rubbed on a centre guard.
With both teams playing with lots of rock in the house, Gushue bounced back with a deuce of his own in the fourth.
Saskatchewan tied it in the fifth, Gushue blanked the sixth and seventh to get the hammer coming home. He was forced to take one in the eighth but Laycock then blanked nine to regain the hammer, which he used to tie the game and force the extra end.
The win earned Laycock’s team $35,000 and 30 Canadian Team Ranking points. Gushue’s foursome gets $25,000 and 20 CTRS points. Additionally, each team receives $10,000 in cresting money and $7,000 in Athlete Assistance Fund money.
(Curling Canada)
8 comments:
Congratulations team Steve Laycock on your bronze medal win. Thank you Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs team for carrying the Province of Saskatchewan flag colors on your apparel wear.
Well let's hope that Moose Jaw's Pat Simmons can defeat those Roid goofs in the Gold
Oh, give it a rest!
That's not 'our green'. It's always been Northern Ontario's!
Congratulations to the skip (MJ Boy Pat Simmons) and his Team Canada team mates on winning Gold tonight !!!!!!
Hmmm? picture cap above courtesy of this blog site clearly shows lime/white clothing apparel on team Saskatchewan, not even close to their provincial colors. TSN shows Northern Ontario wearing "real green"/wheat gold apparel giving semblance to Saskatchewan's provincial flag. These oversights only happen in Hickville Sask, Lol, bunch of bozos can't even count to 12.
Looks more like ESKIMO green .... not even close to Rider Green
I hope you didn't cause any damage to brain thinking up that feeble attempt at an insult. Honestly, the only thing that shone through was your IQ, or lack thereof.
The Roid Ragers have been Defeated once and for all !!!!
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