Moulding ready for showdown with former team at Tim Hortons Brier
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Darren Moulding stood by the hack on Sheet D at the Enmax Centre on Friday and looked up at a small group of fans watching the practice session at the Tim Hortons Brier.
Darren Moulding stood by the hack on Sheet D at the Enmax Centre on Friday and looked up at a small group of fans watching the practice session at the Tim Hortons Brier.
One supporter gave him a thumbs-up and an affirming nod, drawing a smile from the veteran third. It was a small sampling of what’s likely to come Saturday night.
Moulding — now with New Brunswick’s James Grattan after representing Alberta for years with Brendan Bottcher — made it back to the Brier in his home province. Now he’ll take on his former teammates in a showdown that curling fans have been waiting for since his surprise firing last December.
“The opening Saturday night of the Brier is always a party, right? So this just adds that little extra oomph to it,” Moulding said Friday.
With no capacity restrictions, the atmosphere in the 5,900-seat venue should be electric for the round-robin matchup.
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The popular Moulding, who called Lethbridge home for about a decade, likely gained even more supporters after he was let go by the Edmonton-based team.
Sharing feelings in subsequent media interviews in his heart-on-his-sleeve style gave curling fans a backstage pass to the emotional undercurrents that had been swirling.
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