"Not having provincials, we had to work hard for the last five weeks and we did," added Thiessen. The Nationals left the ice with the scoreboard reading 6-4 over the Buffalo Boys but Manitoba had a 90% shooting percentage to their 83%. But it was kind of one of those ones where we limited the damage and we played a heck of a lot better the last five and came out on the right end. "They out-played us the first five ends," he said of being down 3-1 at the break. I mean that's a tough team we played out there. "The Brier is like a race to eight or nine wins so you want to get off to a good start. "We lost our first one last year in Kamloops," recalled lead Nolan Thiessen. "With the team not playing that much this year, it's more mental than anything else," he added of the 6-4 win over Reid Carruther's team from Manitoba.
"Being in Calgary and wanting to get off to a good start, I think winning this game did more for us mentally and emotionally than getting the 'W' itself," said second Carter Rycroft.
Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĬALGARY -When you are the first Team Canada in the 86-year history of the Brier and you didn't have to play a game to get here, you don't want to soil one of the sheets on the opening draw.Īnd for the longest time there, it looked like the defending champions with John Morris replacing Kevin Koe at skip were doing just that.
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