Gushue Upended At The Skins

The 16 Skins guys for the 2014 Skins Game. Great field of champion curlers assembled in Banff for a shoot out. And in the first game,Gushue took on Stoghton. It was looking good for the Gush as he was up a couple of skins early. With Johnny Mo, E J Harnden and Ben Hebert...I was liking Gushue's chances. But after a couple of miscues, Stoughton quickly turned the tables and eventually won the match in the 7th securing $11000.00. Since the last skin was worth $6500.00, Gushue had no chance to win and as fate would have it, Stoughton took that last skin as well, ending up with $17500.00. Team Gushue ended up with $3500.00

Tonight's game will feature Brad Jacobs against Kevin Martin. This should be a barnburner with Jacobs choosing Jon Mead (no shocker there), Marc Kennedy and Craig Saville. Tough crew. But then there's Martin with Ryan Fry, Carter Rycroft (bit of a reunion from the Wolchuck / Bartlett days), and Mark Nichols. Hard to pick the winner in this one but let's face it, Jacobs will be tough to beat. He's top skip these days so Martin will have to bring it. I guessing he will...thus, the barnburner.

A great night to kick it in the recliner and watch some world class curling.

Thank heavens for the Season of Champions. I look ahead at my curling and TV Curling calendar, and there is little room for anything else. And thank heavens for big screen TVs and surround sound....my TV curling experience is enhanced. Now if A M J Campbell Movers could only make a new commercial...my life would be complete!

Rock On!

The Curling Chronic