Tanner Horgan stole three points in the eighth end as his Northern Ontario rink beat Nova Scotia 7-4 on Thursday
Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan secured a playoff berth at the Tim Hortons Brier on Thursday with a 7-4 victory over Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel.
Horgan stole three points in the eighth end when Manuel was heavy with a draw. He improved to 6-1 and still had a chance to secure first place in Pool A. The Sudbury, Ont.-based team is tied with Alberta’s Kevin Koe with two round-robin draws remaining. Horgan was scheduled to play Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone in the afternoon.Wild Card 1′s Brendan Bottcher posted an 8-7 win over Quebec’s Felix Asselin and Canada’s Brad Gushue defeated Wild Card 3′s Karsten Sturmay .
Bottcher and Gushue have both qualified for the playoffs in Pool B. Ontario’s Mike McEwen can lock up the other playoff spot with a win over Sturmay in the evening. Saskatchewan’s Kelly Knapp needed an extra end to complete a 6-5 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories in the other early game at Budweiser Gardens.
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