Saturday, February 20, 2010

Fw: BREAKING NEWS: US Men Pick Up First Extra-End Win in Curling



USA defeated Sweden, 8-7, in men's curling at Vancouver Olympic Center in what was the fourth extra-end game for the Americans in six outings. This was the first in which USA, 2-4, came out on top, powered by the suddenly hot shooting of vice skip Jason Smith (Chisholm, Minn.). As with their first win of the tournament, Smith delivered the last stones of each end for USA. He was perfect on two draws in the extra end, the second to out-position Sweden for the winning point.



Today, skip John Shuster (Chisholm, Minn.) was back in the lineup and called the game while delivering the third set of stones. The U.S. men play Great Britain at 2 p.m. Sunday as the nine-game round robin continues in the chase for the four playoff spots.
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  1. The Lost SouthernerFebruary 20, 2010 at 4:28 PM

    Nice to see the victory...and the whole team communicating more...Smitty is on...! Go USA!

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  2. The Lost SouthernerFebruary 20, 2010 at 4:33 PM

    Why do the teams "blank" at the end (of an end)? Can't they just curl one onto the button and score a point? I assume we are missing something important....

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