Noeller Posted March 16, 2022 Report Posted March 16, 2022 As the current olympic quadrennial comes to a close, virtually every team on tour is breaking up. They'll reassemble in the fall for a new quadrennial. Couldn't care less what happens to most teams, but very curious about the Manitoba ones. Both Fleury and Jones teams have announced they're disbanding, and Einar's team will have something to say after the Worlds, I'm sure. As for the men, I can't wait for the McEwen/Carruthers experiment to finally come to and end. Not sure what'll happen next, but we need something good in this province. Koe's team announced their break up today, so I wonder if BJ Neufeld comes home again. Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering....all exceptional young Manitoba curlers who I'd love to see competing, seriously, out of Manitoba. We'll see soon.... the watcher and SpeedFlex27 2
SpeedFlex27 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) Yeah, I smoked on the ice back in the 70's. We all did. There was an ashtray in the middle of the ice on both sides halfway down the sheet & in both houses. http://www.cbc.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4543972!/fileImage/httpImage/image.gif Edited March 16, 2022 by SpeedFlex27 the watcher 1
Noeller Posted March 17, 2022 Report Posted March 17, 2022 Very interesting....an up and coming team just got better:
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 17, 2022 Report Posted March 17, 2022 20 hours ago, Noeller said: As the current olympic quadrennial comes to a close, virtually every team on tour is breaking up. They'll reassemble in the fall for a new quadrennial. Couldn't care less what happens to most teams, but very curious about the Manitoba ones. Both Fleury and Jones teams have announced they're disbanding, and Einar's team will have something to say after the Worlds, I'm sure. As for the men, I can't wait for the McEwen/Carruthers experiment to finally come to and end. Not sure what'll happen next, but we need something good in this province. Koe's team announced their break up today, so I wonder if BJ Neufeld comes home again. Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering....all exceptional young Manitoba curlers who I'd love to see competing, seriously, out of Manitoba. We'll see soon.... The members of Team Jones not named Jennifer Jones will re-form under another name. Same as with what happened with Colleen Jones team. Same last name go figure.
Noeller Posted March 17, 2022 Report Posted March 17, 2022 55 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: The members of Team Jones not named Jennifer Jones will re-form under another name. Same as with what happened with Colleen Jones team. Same last name go figure. is that right? Because Dawn is "retiring" (for now), so there'd only be Kaitlyn, and Jocelyn, if she'd stay in MB, but the rumours I'd heard were that she was going to curl out of Alberta next year (as would her fiance Brett Gallant) but I haven't seen anything for sure yet...
Noeller Posted March 18, 2022 Report Posted March 18, 2022 No surprise, but add Team Bottcher to the list...all going separate ways this summer.
Noeller Posted March 18, 2022 Report Posted March 18, 2022 https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/bottcher-koe-highlight-curling-team-lineups-starting-to-take-shape-for-next-season/ I am officially BONKERS EXCITED (!!!) ........ the best men's curler that Manitoba has produced in about 20 years is coming home (as I publicly begged him to do on Twitter...ha ha) to put together a legit contender!! BJ is one of, if not THE best 3rds in the world, and Colton Lott is almost an embarrassment of wealth to have at 2nd. I'm not huge on either of the Harndens, but if he shuts his mouth and just sweeps, it'll be an insanely talented team. This is the first real contender we've had since about 2010 when the McEwen rink was the best team in the world and just couldn't break through the playdowns.... Team Dunstone (Manitoba) • New lineup: Matt Dunstone, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Lott, Ryan Harnden Dunstone will skip out of his birth province again after playing in Saskatchewan during the previous cycle. He reunites with Lott, who captured Canadian junior and world junior bronze medals with Dunstone in 2013 and 2016. The pair also played together during the Olympic trials as Lott subbed for Moskowy. Neufeld will also play out of Manitoba again after spending the last four years with Koe. Harnden, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., comes over from Team Jacobs and can serve as their important. JCon 1
Super Duper Negatron Posted March 19, 2022 Report Posted March 19, 2022 Haha! Saw the news about Dunstone and immediately thought about Noeller. Noeller and JCon 2
Noeller Posted March 21, 2022 Report Posted March 21, 2022 ^^ As per Kevin Martin's Sportsnet piece that I shared last week......The Old Bear has the scoops! JCon 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 21, 2022 Report Posted March 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Noeller said: ^^ As per Kevin Martin's Sportsnet piece that I shared last week......The Old Bear has the scoops! Kevin had his wrist slapped by Gushie in the paper today. Gushie had 2 complaints. One, Martin said Gushie contacted Curling Canada about reducing the residency requirement(Gushie says he called to inquiry but never pushed it unlike Martins comment) and two, Gushie complained that word got out about team breakup before everyone informed which I guess means curling is now a pro sport for real now
Noeller Posted March 21, 2022 Report Posted March 21, 2022 Brad Gushue whined about something? The HELL you say!! Acting like a giant puss since 2001....that's the Gushue I know. FrostyWinnipeg 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted August 7, 2022 Report Posted August 7, 2022 https://pembinavalleyonline.com/articles/ice-ice-baby-lawes-and-vigier-announce-baby-on-the-way Noeller 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted January 30, 2023 Report Posted January 30, 2023 Jen Jones and her younglings going to the Scotties. Mike McEwen is now representing ONT at the Briar after beating Howard. JCon 1
Noeller Posted January 30, 2023 Report Posted January 30, 2023 Jones get the Bison on her back at Scotties, Einar wears the Red and White, and Lawes will be a Wild Card entry. Plenty of 'Toba talent at this year's Scotties. MB Select will come down to Carruthers vs Dunny, with the loser likely being a WC entry at the Brier.
Noeller Posted January 31, 2023 Report Posted January 31, 2023 4 Manitoba-based teams (though Kaitlyn Lawes team has a gross number of non-Manitobans on it....blech) will be in the Nat Scotties, including the young team that lost the MB final to Jones. Manitoba is dominating the ladies side of "pro" curling right now. Next up, the Manitoba Men's playdowns, Feb 7-12 in Neepawa... the watcher 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 https://winnipegsun.com/curling/dunstone-claims-first-manitoba-mens-curling-crown Runner up Carruthers is still going to the Brier as a Wild Card team. Also noteworthy is that Team Carruthers has only had 3 players since December. Not sure why they don’t have a 4th?
Noeller Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 22 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: https://winnipegsun.com/curling/dunstone-claims-first-manitoba-mens-curling-crown Runner up Carruthers is still going to the Brier as a Wild Card team. Also noteworthy is that Team Carruthers has only had 3 players since December. Not sure why they don’t have a 4th? They dumped Gunner... Curiously. They'll pick up one of the players that didn't win this week as their 4th. A lot of really good young curlers who only play MCT but are better than most of the riffraff that will be at the Brier, including Karsten ******* Sturmay that somehow gets a WC spot....
FrostyWinnipeg Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 11 minutes ago, Noeller said: They dumped Gunner... Curiously. They'll pick up one of the players that didn't win this week as their 4th. A lot of really good young curlers who only play MCT but are better than most of the riffraff that will be at the Brier, including Karsten ******* Sturmay that somehow gets a WC spot.... Gunny I read but still curious that no one else said yes. Guess no one wanted to jump ship mid season. Guys will be knocking at the door now. Maybe from outside the province?
Noeller Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: Gunny I read but still curious that no one else said yes. Guess no one wanted to jump ship mid season. Guys will be knocking at the door now. Maybe from outside the province? They have a plan. They didn't reach out to anyone yet, so nobody said "no", exactly. They're curling with Brad Jacobs as their 3rd on tour but not during playdowns. Brad skipped his own team in NOnt playdowns in Kenora this year and will rejoin Carruthers for the rest of the tour season.
FrostyWinnipeg Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 14 hours ago, Noeller said: They have a plan. They didn't reach out to anyone yet, so nobody said "no", exactly. They're curling with Brad Jacobs as their 3rd on tour but not during playdowns. Brad skipped his own team in NOnt playdowns in Kenora this year and will rejoin Carruthers for the rest of the tour season. Northern Ontario...Canada's 11th province!
Noeller Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 Rama picked up Calvert's lead to throw for them at the Brier....also happens to be Connor Njegovan's cousin. Good brush and can throw lead stones at a high level. Should work out for them.
JCon Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 I hate when these teams play. I have such trouble picking between Einarson and Jones. Go Manitoba!
Noeller Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 it's been a good week. We had 4 teams in the bonspiel, and the best 2 of the 4 remaining are the 2 Manitoba teams. Anything can happen in 10 ends, but sincerely hoping it's Einar vs Jones in the final, as it should be. Those would be the two best reps for Canada at Worlds. As for the Worlds, Canada doesn't really stack up the way it used to. Asian and Western-European teams are typically the ones to beat each year, and Canada is somewhere in the Top 5....... not the dominating force we once were. JCon 1
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