11th end: Far less drama as Hardie makes nice runback double with second shot to clear out pair of Canada counters and open up house. Jacobs draws 12-foot behind guard. Jacobs freezes to Scotland shot rock at back of eight foot. Mouat has hit to win and makes it.
Scotland 6 Canada 5
10th end: Scotland third Hardie has runback double with first shot but just misses wide. Kennedy replaces long guard. Hardie makes nice tap hit on Canada counter on button to sit two at top of button, Canada counting one at back of button. Kennedy hits Scotland stones in front of four foot, freezing to Scotland counter with Scotland also sitting second shot. Mouat puts up guard at top of 12 foot. Jacobs runback leaves Scotland first and second shot around button with Canada stone frozen to one at edge of button. Mouat draws to button, leaving Jacobs runback for potential win. Jacobs makes hit and gets everything moving, just missing three but scoring two. Going to extras thanks to a miracle of a shot!
Canada 5 Scotland 5
Also: Switzerland 7 China 4 F
Sweden 6 Korea 3 F
Norway 8 United States 6 F
Ninth end: At skips stones, three rocks frozen at edge of button, with Scotland counting one. Mouat comes down with hit and bumps back Canada’s second shot to sit one with shooter frozen in front. Jacobs makes great thin takeout on Mouat counter to sit one at back of four foot. Mouat hits and rolls in to lay three in four foot. Jacobs has hit for one but rolls out, conceding the point and giving a steal of one for Scotland.
Scotland 5 Canada 3
Also: Norway 6 United States 6
Switzerland 6 China 4 (8th)
Sweden 4 Korea 3 (8th)
Eighth end: Points! Kennedy and Hardie get into a draw battle, with Kennedy freezing to Hardie’s shot rock on the button with his final shot. Hardie comes up wide with final shot and ends up in eight foot. Jacobs put up centre guard with first shot, Mouat comes up light on first, further clogging up house. Jacobs takes out Scotland stone on edge of 12 foot and Canada ends up getting the force.
Scotland 4 Canada 3
Also: Norway 6 United States 5
Switzerland 6 China 4
Sweden 4 Korea 1
Seventh end: Jacobs attempts to hit and roll behind long centre-line guard, rolls just a little too far to sit open at back 12 foot. Mouat hits and rolls to back 12 foot, Jacobs hits and sticks full back 12 foot, and you’ll never guess… Mouat hits and rolls out. Blank number four in a row.
Canada 3 Scotland 3
Also: United States 5 Norway 5
Switzerland 6 China 2
Sweden 4 Korea 1
Sixth end: More of the same, as Canada puts up stones and Scotland clears them out, preventing any kind of danger or drama. Neither team wastes any time, either. Third blank in a row.
Canada 3 Scotland 3
Also: United States 5 Norway 5
Switzerland 4 China 2
Sweden 4 Korea 1
Fifth end: Hardie doubles off pair of Canada counters with first shot, clearing house. Rest of the end is a Jacobs peel-fest as one would expect, Scotland gets another blank.
Canada 3 Scotland 3
Also: Switzerland 4 China 1
Norway 5 United States 4
Sweden 2 Korea 1 (4th)
Fourth end: Jacobs faces one at back of eight foot wide open with first shot, makes easy takeout to sit at edge of eight foot. Teams exchange takeouts rest of way, Scotland gets blank.
Canada 3 Scotland 3
Also: Switzerland 3 China 1
Sweden 2 Korea 1
United States 4 Norway 1
Third end: Scotland lays two side by side at back of 12 foot with Jacobs first shot. Jacobs makes double to lay two at back of house. Mouat makes takeout but great sweeping by Kennedy gets Scotland rock out of house. Jacobs draws back four foot for two.
Canada 3 Scotland 3
Also: Switzerland 3 China 1
Korea 1 Sweden 1
United States 2 Norway 1
Second end: Jacobs tries runback double on first shot but misses, leaving Mouat laying two. Mouat draws back four foot to lay three. Jacobs attempts double with final shot and only gets one. Mouat draws for four foot for three. Only the second multi-point end Canada has given up thus far.
Scotland 3, Canada 1
Also: Switzerland 1, China 1
Korea 1 Sweden 1
United States 2 Norway 0
First end: Teams put together a closely played end that results in one of the closest measurements you'll ever see, with each team having a stone touching the inside of the 12-foot at the back of the house. Jacobs gets the point by a centimetre, if that.
Canada 1 Scotland 0
Also: Switzerland 1 China 0 1st
Sweden 1 Korea 0 1st
Norway 0 United States 0 1st
Things are underway in Draw 6 with one of the marquee games of the round robin between Canada's Brad Jacobs and Scotland's Bruce Mouat -- the top two seeds in the tournament. And it's an absolutely packed house on a Monday afternoon.
Sheet A
Switzerland (Schwaller) vs. China (Xu)
Switzerland LSD: 45.0 cm
China LSD: 24.1 cm
Sheet B
Canada (Jacobs) vs. Scotland (Mouat)
Canada LSD: 17.9 cm
Scotland LSD: 20.7 cm
Sheet C
Korea (Kim) vs. Sweden (Edin)
Korea LSD: 94.9 cm
Sweden LSD: 19.3 cm
Sheet D
Norway (Ramsfjell) vs. United States (Dropkin)
Norway LSD: 28.2 cm
United States LSD: 17.9 cm
