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Canada’s Moskowy finally earns wins at world junior championship

Canada’s Braeden Moskowy finally put the Canadian men on the winning side of the scoreboard Monday at the world junior curling championships.
Braeden Moskowy
Team Saskatchewan skip Braeden Moskowy delivers a shot during the final of the men's Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Calgary

PERTH — Canada’s Braeden Moskowy finally put the Canadian men on the winning side of the scoreboard Monday at the world junior curling championships.

Moskowy’s Saskatchewan rink beat the United States 9-2 in his fourth start before defeating Scotland 10-5.

Moskowy used a four-point sixth end to put away the Americans and halt a three-match losing streak.

“So that’s what winning feels like, I’d forgotten,” said Moskowy. “I’m happy and relieved. It’s not like we’ve been playing badly, we’ve been unfortunate and missed a few key shots. But that’s the real Team Canada, for sure.”

Moskowy then took advantage of a Scottish rink that has been depleted by a stomach illness. Scotland managed to beat Denmark 7-5 but lost alternate Jay McWilliam for the match against Canada, leaving the rink with only three players.

“We’re right back in it, but we’ve still got a lot of work to do. Today is just a step in the right direction,” said Moskowy.

“We didn’t know we’d be facing three till we saw only three in the warm up. But we knew we had to come out well. They were still three really good players.

“We now just need to keep playing the way we’re playing. We’re onto the ice now and we need to stay positive, control the things we can control and (make) no mental mistakes.”

Norway and Sweden are tied atop the men’s standings at 4-1. China, Scotland, Finland and Switzerland are tied for second at 3-2, followed by Canada at 2-3.

In other action it was: Sweden 10, Denmark 3 in six ends; Switzerland 8, United States 4; Czech Republic 6, China 5; and Norway 9, Finland 5.

Meanwhile the Canadian women’s team continued to languish in the standings with a 6-4 loss to the Czech Republic.

The loss leaves Trish Paulsen’s rink in a three-way tie for ninth place with a 1-3 record.

“That was a tough one,” said Paulsen.

“It took me a while to find my draw weight. The ice was really good and we started to gradually adjust to it, but we had a few missed shots and we ended up with that really hurting us.”

The Canadians are well behind leaders Russia and Scotland, which both hold 4-0 records.