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KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Two veteran skips were both left
scratching their heads at the Canadian mens curling
championships Saturday night, as a change in ice
conditions saw crucial draw attempts in an extra end fall
at least five metres short of the house. Newfoundland and
Labradors Brad Gushue, who lost the game 6-5 to Manitobas
Jeff Stoughton, was more than a little peeved as the
opening day of the Tim Hortons Brier ended. Gushue
expressed his clear frustrations with the ice conditions.
"They lost the ice," said Gushue, the 2006 Olympic gold
medallist who, like Stoughton, is curling in his 11th
Brier. "You see two world class skips throw draws to the
four foot that end up 20-feet light. Its embarrassing. I
think the ice is just (terrible). Its unfortunate that it
came down to that." He said he saw it happen to a lesser
degree in an earlier game between Albertas Kevin Koe and
B.C.s John Morris. Stoughton was just as mystified. "We
were going to draw probably half in the top four and I
let it go, the guys said good weight and it just ground
in," he said. Although, for him, the result was a little
more satisfying as he left his shot stone in the house to
win the game. "I guess that side of the sheet got lost
somehow but well take it. We had one in there and he
missed both his last two shots, what are you going to
do?" Stoughton and Morris sit at the top of the standings
with two wins apiece after Saturdays draw, followed by
Brier rookie Greg Balsdon from Ontario and Steve Laycock
from Saskatchewan with one win each. Gushue joined
Northern Ontarios Jeff Currie at 1-1 while five rinks
were winless after one game, Alberta, New Brunswick, The
Northwest Territories-Yukon, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward
Island and Quebec. In the evening draw, Morris beat
Currie 8-2 in eight ends, after struggling earlier to
edge Albertas Koe 7-6. Currie split the day, beating New
Brunswicks Jamie Grattan 13-5 in the opener. Balsdon
opened his first Brier by topping Quebec veteran Jean-
Michel Menard 9-7 and Saskatchewans Laycock beat the
Northwest Territories-Yukons Jamie Koe (Kevins brother)
8-5. Morris, curling for his third province at the Brier,
was glad to get off to a good start. "The first one was a
little tough on the melon, that one was a little nicer,"
he said, referring to the difference in the two games.
"We played a little better this team, a good solid team
effort." He also said he found the ice on the sheet he
played on a little more consistent at night. Laycock said
his first win wasnt without its scary moments.
"Especially in nine there, there was a chance we could
have blown a three-point lead in a hurry," he said. "It
was nice to sneak out of that with only giving up two."
He scored two in the final end to seal it. So did
Balsdon, playing in his first Brier after managing to
beat Ontario veteran Glen Howard to win the right. "We
all felt pretty comfortable. The speed was good, the ice
was very consistent, what youd expect from the Brier," he
said. He says it helps in a way being a rookie. "Because
Im a rookie here I dont really feel a whole lot of
pressure for myself and the team. . . Were just hoping to
scrap out some games."
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victory of the new tennis season, a 6-4, 6-4 win over
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have my first win (in GS)." Wierather leads overall with
595 points from Lara Gut (568), who finished second, and
Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany (535).
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American qualifier Victoria Duval 6-1, 6-3. In other
first-round matches, Lucie Safarova beat 2010 French Open
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Bethanie Mattek-Sands had a 6-4, 6-3 win over Canadas
Eugenie Bouchard.ARLINGTON, Va. -- Of all the subjects
raised with George McPhee at his on-the-way-out news
conference after being told hes done as the Washington
Capitals general manager, the two most vital to
understanding the teams future and recent past involved
captain Alex Ovechkin and fired coach Adam Oates. And
those were two topics McPhee did not want to address
Monday, two days after the Capitals announced the 17-year
GMs contract would not be renewed. "I dont really want to
answer questions about individuals. Im going to duck
those," McPhee replied when Ovechkins name was first
brought up. Pressed to weigh in about the three-time NHL
MVP, McPhee replied: "If youre asking me if we can win
with him, I believed we could win with him." As to how
Ovechkin could lead the league with 51 goals and be among
the worst in the NHL with a minus-36 rating, McPhee said:
"Of course I have opinions, but those issues are for the
next guy." Later, McPhee was asked to describe his
working relationship with Oates, who was fired Saturday
with a season left on his three-year deal. "Again,"
McPhee said, "I dont want to talk about individuals." At
another point in the half-hour meeting with the media,
though, McPhee did say he "loved working with" Oates two
immediate predecessors as Washingtons coach, Bruce
Boudreau and Dale Hunter. The Capitals finished ninth in
the Eastern Conference this season, missing the Stanley
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"For five years, we really had an opportunity to win a
cup. We were legit," McPhee said. "And then I thought the
last couple years, we could make the playoffs, but going
deep might be hard, because I didnt think we were quite
deep enough." During the six post-season berths in the
span from 2008-13, though, Washington never made it past
the second round. McPhee thinks hes leaving the team in
good shape, ready to reach the Stanley Cup finals
"sometime in the next three years." "Im not exaggerating
when I try to explain that this organization is in great
shape," McPhee said. "We dont have any bad contracts on
the books. Lots of cap space to work with. A great (AHL)
affiliation in Hershey. A whole group of young players
coming into the organization." He said the Capitals
simply need a "pretty easy fix." McPhee said his contract
wont expire until July 1, so other teams would need to
ask the Capitals for permission to speak to him about a
job. "If theres another GMs job in the future and someone
gives me an opportunity, Id love to do it again," he
said. "And Id go to Iceland to do it. Doesnt matter where
it is." McPhees mood was light and he made a handful of
jokes. Perhaps its because he was not stunned that the
Capitals would make changes. "I felt it was coming,"
McPhee said, "but in this job, youre 24 hours away from
being fired almost any time."
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