“He’s like the Tiger Woods of curling on the ice.” according to Thomas Ulsrud of Norway.
Canada’s Kevin Martin continued his domination of the world men’s curling championship in Moncton, N.B., on Wednesday, hammering Finland’s Kalle Kiiskinen 12-4 in the morning draw to improve to 8-0.
“Oh, he’s on fire,” Norway skip Thomas Ulsrud said of Martin. “He’s really on fire, and he’s crushing everybody.”
Full story on CBC Sports.
The man behind Kevin Martin’s Canadian curling machine sits perched in the coach’s box. He has his binoculars out, so are his stack of curling papers.
And when things get tense on the ice for his team — not that it happens too often — he’s known to chew on one of his famous, unlit cigars.
Meet Martin’s mentor, curling mastermind Jules Owchar.
Full story on Times & Transcript.
What?!
David Murdoch has been doing far too much rectal spelunking. He made the claim in the Eye Opener newspaper, the free publication handed out to fans at the world men’s curling championship, ” that the worlds field was tougher than last month’s Brier field. Does Murdoch actually believe what he said or did he make the statement after spending too much time in the patch.
Of all the teams at the 2009 words, Murdoch’s squad is one of the few that would have a chance to win a province – one of the weaker provinces. Let’s face it, he couldn’t win Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario. There are three teams in Edmonton better than him and he’d need to be playing out of his mind to finish fourth in Alberta assuming he would even get out of Northern Alberta playdowns.
Kevin Martin was very diplomatic when asked his opinion on Murdoch’s statement. His reply along with the full story “Martin prefers winning over debating” is available on Canada.com.
It’s been quite the compelling year for Canadian curling this season. Edmonton’s Kevin Martin dominated this year as the Men’s World Champion. Martin also picked up the top spots at the Casino Rama Curling Skins Game, Flint Energy Curling Classic, Cactus Pheasant Classic, The Grand Slam of Curling: BDO Canadian Open, The Grand Slam of Curling: The National, and went 13-0 at the Tim Hortons Brier. Martin’s team also holds the number one spot on the WCT’s money list with $127,000.
The Canadian men’s curling championship final was billed as the equivalent of Phil Mickelson vs. Tiger Woods on the final day of the Masters golf tournament.
As it turns out, the heavyweight showdown between Alberta’s Kevin Martin and defending champion Glenn Howard of Ontario will be remembered for botched takeouts, heavy draws and petty sniping between the teams over the brutal ice conditions.
