Toronto/CMEDIA: After Owing up his poor performance in the opening game at Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials, Brad Jacobs is now on his way back to the Winter Olympics.
Challenged by Matt Dunstone’s Winnipeg side on Saturday night, Jacobs and his Calgary-based team hit in the 10th end for a 6-5 victory and two-game sweep in the best-of-three men’s final.
“We’re just four curling maniacs together on the same team,” Gallant said. “Like, we’re all a little bit different and maybe approach the game in slightly different ways, but when put together it’s a great combination.”
A 9-8 victory in Game 1 on Friday at Scotiabank Centre was followed by a second straight one-point win over the top-ranked Dunstone.
“This was the one event that was circled on the calendar four years ago…work toward that and have all of the systems and preparation in place to come here and play our best and win is something special,” Said Jacob.
Earlier in the day, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan defeated Christina Black of Halifax in the women’s final.
“It was almost like he was possessed with the amount of shots that he was making,” Jacobs said of his vice. “Marc blacked out in that game from like the first end to the last shot of the game.
“And I’m just so proud of how he played today. Nobody deserves to win this week, I’d say, more than that guy…Those were the two best teams in Canada going at it…We beat them three times in a row going into this event and they got us three times here. That’s just the way it’s going to go,” Dunstone said.
Jacobs won Olympic gold in 2014 at the Sochi Games with a team that included Dunstone’s current front end. This was the first Trials final appearance for Dunstone and vice Colton Lott.
