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Nitros split with Creston, Fernie Tre vor Cr awley Sports Editor
The Kimberley Dynamiters split their weekend schedule, dropping a decision to the division-leading Creston Valley Thunder Cats, but recovering for an overtime win over the Fernie Ghostriders. With the win over the Riders, the Nitros keep a tenuous hold on second place in the Eddie Mountain division, two points ahead of Fernie. The T-Cats have a nice cushion and are ahead by nine points for first. Brandon Formosa and Trevor Hanna both notched a pair of goals to lead Creston over the Dynamiters. Alex Rosolowsky, Andrew Miller and Jared Marchi scored for Kimberley. Creston and Kimberley were knotted at 2-2 after the first, but the Thunder Cats kept scoring, while holding the Nitros at bay. Formosa and Hanna spotted the T-Cats to an early lead before Rosolowsky and Miller answered back for Kimberley. Formosa and Hanna both struck in the middle frame on powerplay and shorthanded
goals. Marchi brought the Nitros within one in the third period, but Seth Schmidt and Jonathon Watt finished it off for Creston.
Tyson Brouwer took the loss in goal for Kimberley, turning away 32 shots, while Brock Lefebvre and Magnus Viberg shared shared netminding duties, collectively making 29 saves. After the loss, the Nitros headed to Fernie to challenge the Ghostriders and nearly blew a two-goal lead to win 4-3 in overtime. The Nitros had a 3-1 lead going into the final period, but the Riders were able to mount a
comeback and tie it up to force an extra frame. Jason Richter was the overtime hero for the Dynamiters, scoring a powerplay goal with 36 seconds left to end the game. The two teams were knotted after one period on goals from Dylan Sibbald and Aidan Geiger. However, Kimberley pulled ahead on a pair of late goals with the man-advantage by Marchi and Darren Martin. Fernie got back into the game with a quick powerplay goal in the third period from Josh Teves and Aaron Neufeld tied it up with 1:33 left. Jeremy Mousseau earned the win, making 23 saves for the Nitros, while Fernie netminder Phoenix Logan-Hill turned away 24 shots. All four of Kimberley’s goals were scored with the man-advantage, going four for six, while Fernie potted one marker in five powerplay opportunities. Kimberley hosts the visiting Columbia Valley Rockies on Tuesday night at the Civic Centre.
Jones beats Carey to open Roar of the Rings Scot t Edmonds Canadian Press
WINNIPEG - It was all over in the sixth end as Jennifer Jones scored six against fellow Winnipeg skip Chelsea Carey on Sunday to open the Canadian Curling Trials with a commanding 10-2 win. “If we could score a six in every game, obviously I would be pretty excited,” Jones said. “It’s a long week but a short week. It’s a pretty short round robin from what we’re used to so you don’t want to get behind the eight ball early.” Carey, curling without third Kristy McDonald who was out with the flu, said she wasn’t letting the loss get to her and felt they played well, including alternate Breanne Meaken “We were just the wrong side of the inch,” said Carey. “My last rock picked in three and we were just off on everything after that. We were throwing it real good and the weight was really close and it would just rub a guard and we’d just miss the runback and my double in the fourth end just doesn’t quite move it far enough.” It wasn’t the only lopsided game as Edmonton’s Val Sweeting
defeated reigning Scotties champ Rachel Homan of Ottawa 10-3. In closer matchups, Ontario’s Sherry Middaugh defeated Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton 5-3 and Renee Sonnenberg of Grande Prairie, Alta., beat Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin 8-6. “One too many picks I think,” said Homan after the loss. “It’s always a little bit different from tournament to tournament. We’re just kind of learning the ice and getting a feel for it and next game we’re going to come out a lot stronger.” For Sweeting it was, well, sweet. The 26-year-old has only
been in one Scotties and is far from being a favourite in the trials. “Everyone likes a good underdog, so if that’s us, that’s totally fine with me,” she said. “We were a little fortunate in the beginning of that game . . I struggled early, I don’t think my team did.” The turning point in the Jones-Carey game was clearly the sixth end which put the veteran ahead 9-1. Carey started with the hammer and they had blanked the first and the fifth end, but Jones stole one in the second and two in the third, when Carey failed to hold her
shooter on an open hit, giving Jones a 3-1 lead. Facing a five in the sixth, Carey missed a shallow hit completely with her first rock. Jones elected to remove Carey’s centre-line guard with her first rock and Carey came off her own to roll close to the four but Jones raised hers to remove it and make it six. Jones may be one of the most successful curlers in Canada but she has never managed to even come to winning an Olympic berth. She failed to make the playoffs in her previous two attempts in 2005 and 2009.
Will Ferrell, aka Ron Burgundy, joined TSN for Canadian Curling Trials opener C anadian Press
WINNIPEG - It may be all to promote his new movie but actor Will Ferrell delighted curling fans Sunday, and a few curlers as well, as he brought anchorman Ron Burgundy to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. He even tried his luck on the ice, with a little tutoring from Ontario skip Glenn Howard, and then donned a kilt. “I’m really enjoying Winnipeg, the Paris of Canada,” he said later, staying in character for the entire visit. “The limo ride from the airport was first class all the way. They had roast pig for me. An entire roasted pig there in the limo.”
As for curling jargon, he said he knows what “hurry hard” means but uses it mostly to get the driver in front to start moving. Ferrell is promoting “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” set for release this month before Christmas. Saturday night he stopped in Bismarck, N.D., to do a local news program. But Sunday he joined TSN curling broadcaster Vic Rauter to comment on part of the opening draw of the trials, as the eight women’s teams vying for an Olympic berth squared off. The men were following later in the day at the event, which ends next Sunday.
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Kootenay unable to counter Edmonton’s transition game Continued from page 8 “To score on a guy like him, you have to shoot the puck lots and get him moving side to side,” said Descheneau. “He’s a world-class goalie, one of the best in the league.” Import Edgars Kulda made it 4-0 for the Oil Kings in the third period, before Descheneau sprung Reinhart for a shorthanded breakaway to get Kootenay on the board. Brett Pullock finished off the scoring, picking up a loose puck after Reid Petryk drove to the net. “We weren’t ready to play,” said Dirk. “I thought we had a good
week of practice, but you can practice as much as you want, there’s a difference between practice and a game.
“We didn’t come out the right way we wanted and we didn’t improve throughout the game, which was our goal, and that’s why we lost.”
NOTES: The Ice hit the road on Sunday night to begin a fivegame road trip through the B.C. Division. Mike Dyck was on the bench for the Edmonton contest. Dyck is assisting Jay Henderson while bench boss Ryan McGill takes off for the World Junior Championships over the Christmas break. Ice defenceman Tanner Faith finally returned to the lineup after missing the last 21 games with an upper body injury. It was also BMO Ultimate Fan night, and Bev Sansom answered all the trivia questions correctly and will have a chance to win a trip to the MasterCard Memorial Cup in London, Ont.
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