We won our game this afternoon against Saskatchewan. We kind of had a slow start, losing the hammer draw and giving up two in the first, but we kept it together and got a good 5th end going. We got a bunch of rocks in play and the Saskatchewan skip, Brad Bibby, made a phenomenal freeze into a pocket in the top of the four. All we could do was hit one off the side of the four and remove one of our own rocks to try to open up a hit with our last rock. That left one lonely Saskatchewan rock in the top four, right next to our shot rock. Brad guarded his rock perfectly but Balsy slashed a rock from the other side of the sheet to double them out and score 4. Incredible shot. We hung on from there (despite another flashed peel by yours truly) and clinched our semi-final spot.
Newfoundland squeaked out a win over PEI by scoring 3 in the 8th which eliminated the Saskatchewan boys despite an impressive 4-2 record. Newfoundland is into the semis at 5-1.
In the other pool, Alberta finished first with a win over Manitoba who was sent to a tiebreaker with Northern Ontario. Northern Ontario won through to the semis so we'll see them on the ice tomorrow morning at 9am in an all Ontario showdown. Every game is do or die right now, ask me if I'm nervous. First challenge is getting some sleep!
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