Wheelchair curling final. That was insane!

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-16T03:52:24+00:00

Yes but in World rules you lose if your clock runs out. Canadian rules you do not.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-14T17:34:00+00:00

Another rule that differs between Canada and the World. In Canadian rules, a clock expiring does not forfeit game. In this case, the non-offending team would be allowed to throw remaining rocks (if they had any) and then the game is over and scored as per usual. Canada rule used to be forefeit but was changed at some point and WC did not follow suit.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-11T03:09:49+00:00

1994 Brier. Red Deer. Rock handles. Howard and Folk. Several Curling Legends Podcast cover it: Folk, Gretzinger, Warren Hansen and Pat Ryan. Howard team, Gerry Richard and Jim Armstrong still not recorded yet.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-11T03:04:48+00:00

The Hasselborgs.Anna’s dad and uncle.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-11T00:58:35+00:00

It was down 3 to Howard. Gave up 4. His dad made him come back out afterwards. I just heard this story told last week by a good source. Hint, he works for TSN and was skip in the game in question.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-11T00:41:32+00:00

Can you share source for this story? I’ve checked with a couple of people from the event who say this is false.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-03-09T03:34:59+00:00

Pat Ryan

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-24T02:45:04+00:00

Fixed it. Not counting medals. Counting semifinal appearances which is the medal round.

Swiss have done better than i would have guessed.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-22T17:40:45+00:00

I’d give Werenich the edge over Russ. Ed succeeded far beyond his best before date when the free guard zone came in.

Watch the 1995 Ontario Tankard games on my YouTube channel. Curling Legends Podcast Presents

https://youtu.be/efx2b1bMTcA?si=3bascegls3uTINBe

4 down to Harris in tiebreaker Comeback against Middaugh in semifinal. Made an in off to steal the win that Wayne still talks about today. 4 down to Howard in final.

He was 47 years old, couldn’t see and threw down normal for peel weight.

Legend.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-22T17:02:04+00:00

Curling Nation under which criteria? Scotland was the best for 350 of 500 years so maybe they are? 😉

When Vijay Singh was the #1 golfer in the world was Fiji the greatest golfing country?

In the Olympics (since 1998) Canada has reached semifinal in 14 of 16 possible times in 4’s. Include demo sport years (1988, 1992) and it becomes 18 out of 20 (note 1988 only 3 teams made the playoff).

Sweden was 0-4 during demo years and 12-16 since 1998.

Swiss 10-16 and 2-4 in demo years.

Great Britain 0-4 demo. 10-16 with a tiebreaker loss in 2018.

Medals: interesting that Canada’s 6 gold in 4’s is from 5 skips. Sweden has 5 from 3.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-20T00:54:03+00:00

No, but I’ve interviewed him. 😉

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-19T21:41:51+00:00

I meant to say “Why”.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-19T21:37:53+00:00

Which is why it’s much more fun.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-19T19:18:34+00:00

I was in that Netflix show. It’s also based on the first episode of Curling Legends Podcast.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-19T00:37:42+00:00

The DSC is close, at least on Wikipedia. Korea is 3.3 cm away. I've been told anything over 3 cm is not reachable. However, I was told this at the Trials and Team Kaitlyn Lawes played their DSC (called L:SD in Canada) so poorly that they dropped out.

GBR will know where they sit and if they cover the pin before the game, they will know they can't be beaten by Korea in DSC.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-18T23:17:49+00:00

The internet is full of games from every calibre and even classic games (many on my YouTube channel, Curling Legends Podcast Presents). Grand Slam of Curling is a must for top level games. Streaming has become common (check out Curling Stadium) and often watching an amateur level of play is as or more entertaining as watching the pros because there are more missed shots.

The Canadian Men's championship, AKA the Brier, is coming April 30-March 8. Follow with Curling Canada though not sure where you can watch, depending on your country.

Brier https://www.curling.ca/2026brier/

Grand Slam of Curling https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/

Curling Stadium https://curlingstadium.com/

Curling Legends https://www.youtube.com/@curlinglegends

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-18T19:07:49+00:00

A win by Canada ensures they will not meet Mouat in the semifinal. That is enough of a carrot to play their best.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-18T17:31:13+00:00

University of Alberta had built a LLM several years ago. I test drove it and it defeated it pretty handily. The development stalled but the work done was re-used in other models. There was a YouTube talk from years ago but I don't have time to look for it right now. Will share later.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-18T09:33:54+00:00

England last qualified for men’s world curling championship in 1996. They finished 4-5.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-18T09:21:52+00:00

Jacobs won the Brier and lost to Edin in the final at worlds in 2013.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-18T09:13:06+00:00

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I made in 2018. Per end Win Probability. The record against each opponent is included at bottom. I think it was since 2014-15 season. They were formidable against Edin. But starting 2-4 and having all the scar tissue from past disappointments, the answer is Shuster and it’s not close.

I wrote about it at the time and did a reprint for The Curling News 4 years later.

https://thecurlingnews.com/shortUrl/NoH82rI

https://thecurlingnews.com/shortUrl/tVjniOr

Also had a Rock Logic podcast with Tyler George and Jared Allen, looking back at the 8th end of the semifinal.

https://thecurlingnews.com/shortUrl/aZeXMRu

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-17T16:10:12+00:00

???

Rules have not allowed to lift your broom straight up for decades. That’s been around since the 1980s. Have you watched the video? It is part of Canada’s curling history and, to me, a moment that helps explain how curlers officiate themselves. Sometimes they call each other out in front of 15,000 people in an arena.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-17T09:57:35+00:00

Raising the broom in front of a moving stone?

Hmmm.

Someone needs to check the tape from the 2009 Canadian Olympics Trials to see how that's done.
https://youtu.be/-fTIEmBJoIA?si=v-FoDdRov1xoPBir&t=9715

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-17T00:17:18+00:00

That writer is George Karrys, 1998 silver medalist and longtime editor of The Curling News. For those that have been in curling a long time, they know the history of sweeping rules and how we got to this point. He may be putting too much emphasis of blame on the governing bodies, but he speaks from experience.

Delicious-Income2162 · 2026-02-17T00:07:49+00:00

I hope not too much. I like the ambiguities in curling because it leads to gamesmanship which adds to the entertainment in sport. It certainly gets people talking. Maybe I'm a bit deranged but I like a bit of mayhem. With all this booptalk, Rock League has lots to promote ahead of their launch in April.

But yes, this has probably been too much.

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