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By Duane Grandbois
Canada Start Strong at World Mixed Doubl

Canada Start Strong at World Mixed Doubles Curling

Apr 21, 2019 | 8:51 AM

The further into the game Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant went, the more they improved. The Canadian mixed doubles team defeated Ukraine 18-0 on Sunday afternoon in the World Mixed Doubles Championship round-robin action.

Peterman (Winnipeg), Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.) and coach Jeff Stoughton are now 2-0 in their pool after defeating Ukraine, a nation making its debut on the world curling stage this season.

There are 48 teams at Sømarka Arena this week, meaning Peterman and Gallant are competing against some teams they’ve never seen on the international scene before.

“It’s a good experience for us and I’m sure it’s a better experience for them to play some countries with a lot of experience. I’m sure they’re learning a lot from being here and being in these conditions,” Gallant said. “For us it’s kind of nice because we get to meet some people who otherwise without this event we probably would never cross paths with.”

The Canadian duo crafted a well-executed first four ends where it scored an additional point more than each previous end starting with a score of one in the first end and a four-ender in the fourth.

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“Trying to be really precise with the placement of the rocks and especially getting a handle on draw weight,” Peterman said of what the team was focused on. “I was a bit heavy in the first few ends, so I was trying to get a good handle on that and making sure I was really precise with those placements.”

Peterman/Gallant capped off the game with game with additional four-enders in the fifth and sixth ends and finished the game after six ends.
“In the last three ends we played really, really strongly so that’s good for going into tomorrow,” Gallant said.

Canada’s next game is against Tatsiana Tarsunova and Ilya Shalamitski of Belarus at 2:30 p.m. on Monday.

For Team Canada updates, go to www.curling.ca. Follow us on Twitter, @curlingcanada.

For live scoring, standings and team lineups from the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, go to http://worldcurling.org/wmdcc2019

by Duane Grandbois

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