Men's tournament, Draw 6
USA's Pustovar moves forward
Paul
Pustovar's USA team put in an impressive performance this afternoon
defeating Canada in an extra-end game with 8-7. It had everything we want to
see from a curling game, lots of stones in play, good shots and an excellent
finish. The last three ends had it all, in the ninth David Nedohin's last
shot was a tiny bit heavy when he tried to tap an USA stone out of the house
(hidden behind a guard) and he didn't get the curl he needed, giving USA a
steal to be down 5-7 coming home.
In the 10th end Paul had to guard two Canadian shots in the centre of the
house to avoid losing three. Nedohin had a double tap-in for the win but
didn't find the curl he needed and the game was tied at 7-7.
In the extra end it came down to a draw to the button to win the game and
Paul Pustovar delivered what the crowd wanted, an excellent shot for an
excellent win 8-7.
The last time the USA lead Richard Maskel met Canada in a World's was in
1986 when USA lost in four ends on their way to the bronze medal so this was
sure an improvement compared to 16 years ago. Today you're not even allowed
to stop playing until after the 6th.
Finland ended Scotland's winning streak by defeating the Scots with 8-4,
Switzerland won over a struggling Swedish team with 8-4 and the same numbers
goes for the game between Norway and Japan, Norway winning. Denmark won
against Austria 10-3 after six ends.
USA and Scotland shares the lead in the round-robin at 5-1 and then
follows Canada and Denmark with 4-2.
Nation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
Total |
CANADA |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
7 |
USA * |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
8 |
Statistics
Pos |
Canada
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
USA
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Leads |
Marcel Rocque |
93 |
88 |
Richard Maskel |
81 |
83 |
Second |
Scott Pfeifer |
84 |
82 |
Geoff Goodland |
69 |
73 |
Third |
Randy Ferbey (skip) |
82 |
81 |
Mike Fraboni |
66 |
74 |
Skips |
David Nedohin |
66 |
78 |
Paul Pustovar |
82 |
76 |
|
Team totals |
81 |
82 |
Team Totals |
74 |
76 |



Nation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Total |
NORWAY * |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
8 |
JAPAN |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
4 |
Statistics
Pos |
Norway
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Japan
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Leads |
Bend Ånund Ramsfjell |
83 |
85 |
Keita Yanagisawa |
83 |
81 |
Second |
Flemming Davanger |
90 |
78 |
Jun Nakayama |
78 |
77 |
Third |
Lars Vågberg |
86 |
72 |
Kazuto Yanagisawa |
72 |
76 |
Skips |
Pål Trulsen |
75 |
69 |
Hiroaki Kashiwagi |
71 |
66 |
|
Team totals |
84 |
76 |
Team Totals |
76 |
75 |

Nation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Total |
SWEDEN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
4 |
SWITZERLAND * |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
8 |
Statistics
Pos |
Sweden
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Switzerland
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Leads |
Niklas Berggren |
89 |
86 |
Diego Perren |
55 |
77 |
Second |
Tommy Olin |
76 |
78 |
Martin Romang |
90 |
81 |
Third |
Mikael Norberg |
75 |
75 |
Dominic Andres |
88 |
85 |
Skips |
Per Carlsén |
68 |
71 |
Patrick Hürlimann |
79 |
76 |
|
Team totals |
77 |
78 |
Team Totals |
78 |
80 |
Nation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Total |
SCOTLAND * |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
4 |
FINLAND |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
8 |
Statistics
Pos |
Scotland
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Finland
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Leads |
Peter Loudon |
83 |
83 |
Teemu Salo |
89 |
79 |
Second |
Ewan MacDonald |
88 |
74 |
Kalle Kiiskinen |
89 |
77 |
Third |
Norman Brown |
86 |
84 |
Willie Mäkelä |
86 |
78 |
Skips |
Warwick Smith |
86 |
78 |
Markku Uusipaavalniemi |
94 |
84 |
|
Team totals |
86 |
82 |
Team Totals |
90 |
80 |

Nation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Total |
DENMARK |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
10 |
AUSTRIA * |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
3 |
Statistics
Pos |
Denmark
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Austria
Player |
%
game |
%
tot |
Leads |
Joel Ostrowski |
98 |
91 |
Werner Wanker |
77 |
67 |
Second |
Carsten Svensgaard |
65 |
76 |
Andreas Unterberger |
46 |
60 |
Third |
Lasse Lavrsen |
81 |
79 |
Stefan Salinger |
56 |
63 |
Skips |
Ulrik Schmidt |
73 |
76 |
Alois Kreidl |
56 |
54 |
|
Team totals |
79 |
79 |
Team Totals |
59 |
61 |

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