SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Charlottetown’s Adam Casey drew his final stone of the extra end into the four-foot to score one and stun Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs 5-4 during Draw 3 Thursday at the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling National.
Casey scored a deuce in the second to grab an early 2-0 lead. The game turned into a back-and-forth affair as the two rinks traded singles through the third and fourth ends and Jacobs added one in the fifth to tie it up 3-3. Casey pushed back into the lead with a point in the seventh and Jacobs knotted it up again in eight.
The team of Casey, Josh Barry, Anson Carmody and Robbie Doherty represent the first rink ever from P.E.I. to play in a Grand Slam event.
Both teams now hold 1-1 records in the tournament.
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Elsewhere in Draw 3, defending champion Glenn Howard, from Penetanguishene, Ont., (2-0) scored two in the seventh and stole a pair in the final end to lift his team to a 6-5 victory over Kean (0-2). Team Kean, from Stoney Creek, Ont., broke a 2-2 tie with a single in four followed by a steal of two in six.
Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers climbed to a 2-0 record with a 9-3 rout in six ends over Switzerland’s Peter de Cruz. Carruthers scored deuces in the first and third ends and added a five-ender in the sixth to ice the game. Team Carruthers made short work in its morning draw match as well defeating Team Rob Rumfeldt 6-1 in five ends.
Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher is also up 2-0 in the National following a 6-4 win over Calgary’s Kevin Koe. Bottcher jumped out to lead 3-1 with a deuce in the second and a steal of one in the third. Koe settled for a point in four but Bottcher extended his lead with a single in five and a steal of one in six. Koe grabbed two in the seventh end.
American John Shuster held off Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock to win 8-7. Shuster (1-1) earned a triple in the opening end, stole one in the second and scored four in the fifth to build an 8-2 lead. Laycock (1-1) closed the gap with a three-ender in the sixth. Shuster gave up a steal of two in the eighth.
