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Canada avoided both a third straight loss and putting its playoff hopes in the hands of other teams with the win over the Norwegians. "Over a 13-game round robin, youre going to have peaks and valleys and its just how you weather the storm that I think really differentiates the top teams," Bottcher said. The top six teams in the conclusion of the preliminary round Friday afternoon both remain in contention for a world title, and qualify their countries in mens curling for the 2022 Winter Olympi...

Canada clinches spot in mens curling competition at 2022 Olympics Team Canada skip Brendan Bottcher, right, makes a shot as second Brad Thiessen sweeps against Norway at the Mens World Curling Championships in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/CP) | April 9, 2021, 12:53 AM April 9, 2021, 12:53 AM CALGARY -- Brendan Bottcher ensured Canada will compete in mens curling at the next Winter Olympics and also clinched a playoff berth at the world curling championship Thursday. ...

The World Curling Federations stones employed at WinSports Markin MacPhail Centre were last tossed at the 2019 mens world championship in Lethbridge, Alta., where Kevin Koe represented Canada. Colton Flasch, Koes second that year, has supplied Bottchers foursome with a "rock book" that is a scouting report on each stones movement. "He gave us his book from the 19 worlds," Bottcher third Darren Moulding said. "That just shows us Canadian curlers, weve got each others backs." Bottcher, Moulding a...