Alberta’s Koe beats Saskatchewan’s Flasch at Brier in Lethbridge
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Kevin Koe scored a single in an extra end for a 9-8 victory over Colton Flasch on Friday night as fans returned to the Tim Hortons Brier for the first time in two years.
Alberta’s Kevin Koe scored a single in an extra end for a 9-8 victory over Saskatchewan’s Colton Flasch on Friday night as fans returned to the Tim Hortons Brier for the first time in two years.
Flasch, skipping at a Brier for the first time, had a chance for a game-winning hit in the 10th but settled for one point when his other stone spilled out. Koe had hammer in the extra end and made a raise takeout to end it.
Defending champion Brendan Bottcher edged Ontario’s Glenn Howard 5-4 in the opening round-robin draw at the Enmax Centre. Bottcher won his first Canadian men’s curling title last year in the spectator-free bubble in Calgary.
Patrick Janssen moved from fifth to third for the Canada rink as a replacement for Darren Moulding, who was let go last December in a surprise split.
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Flasch threw second stones for Koe in 2019 on a team that won world silver in this same venue. The team parted ways with Flasch the following year and replaced him with John Morris.
Flasch drew for a pair in the fourth end and made a runback double-takeout to set up a steal of two in the fifth. Koe rebounded with a tap for three in the sixth end and added a deuce in the eighth.
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