There appears to be some bad blood between Canada and Sweden in men's curling.
Canada's Team Brad Jacobs boosted its record to 3-0 with an 8-6 win over Sweden's Team Niklas Edin on Friday at the Winter Olympics.
But the most interesting part of the game had nothing to do with the score.
Television microphones picked up both teams grumbling to officials about the opposing team's releases. Sweden, in particular, seemed to think Canada's Marc Kennedy was touching the rock after his release.
While putting the rocks away after the ninth end, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson went at Kennedy, accusing him of double touching the rock as he released, saying his hand was still touching the rock after the hog line. The two swore at each other continuously.
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"I haven't done it once," Kennedy said.
"I'll show you a video after the game," Eriksson replied.
"How about you walking around on my peel dancing around the house here," Kennedy shot back.
"I'll show you a video when it's two metres over the hog line," Eriksson responded before the teams actually started curling again in the 10th end.
Kennedy got angry, and went right back at Eriksson before going their own ways.
Rule 5(e) in the curling rule book states: "A stone must be clearly released from the hand before it reaches the hog line at the delivery end. If the player fails to do so, the stone is immediately removed from play by the delivering team."
Rule 9(a) states: "If a moving stone is touched, or is caused to be touched, by the team to which it belongs, or by their equipment, the touched stone is removed from play immediately by that team. A double touch by the person delivering the stone, prior to the hog line at the delivering end, is not considered a violation."
The teams did shake hands after the game.
"Listen, Oskar Eriksson is a wonderful player and we have a ton of respect for him," Kennedy told CBC Olympics after the game. "He was just accusing us of cheating and doing something we shouldn't have been doing, which is total horse****.
"We didn't like it, we're the wrong team to accuse of cheating in the ninth end of a game. So we didn't take very kindly to it, let 'em know what we think, then we moved on and played a good 10th end."
As to why the accusations came about, Kennedy said he thinks it had to do with Sweden's shaky start to the tournament.
"(Eriksson) pulled a hog line official on us earlier," Kennedy told CBC Olympics. "He was saying we were double touching rocks.
"Whatever, they were 0-2, they were grasping at straws trying to stay alive. I think that's all it was, was doing anything he could to try and get the win, and I respect him for that. I just think it's the wrong team to do it to."
While Sweden dropped to 0-3, it was a two-win day for Jacobs, who beat Team USA earlier Friday.
Against Sweden, Jacobs scored four in the eighth with an open draw to take a 7-4 lead.
Jacobs faces Great Britain's Team Bruce Mouat on Saturday (8:05 a.m. ET / 5:05 a.m. PT, CBC Gem, Sportsnet+).
Jacobs won Olympic gold in 2014, the last time Canada emerged victorious in men's competition at the Winter Games.
