By Canadian Press

New Brunswick keeps championship round hopes alive with win at Brier

Mar 6, 2019 | 2:51 PM

BRANDON, Man. — New Brunswick’s Grant Odishaw kept his championship round hopes alive Wednesday at the Tim Hortons Brier with a 9-8 victory over Ontario’s Scott McDonald.

McDonald stole a point in the 10th to force an extra end but Odishaw came through with a hit and stick for the victory at Westoba Place.

Odishaw improved to 2-4 while McDonald was in a fourth-place tie with Nova Scotia’s Stuart Thompson at 3-3 in Pool B. The top four teams at the end of preliminary-round play Wednesday night will advance to the championship round starting Thursday.

Alberta’s Kevin Koe rolled to a 13-2 victory over Nunavut’s David St. Louis, Canada’s Brad Gushue dumped Nova Scotia 9-2 and British Columbia’s Jim Cotter topped Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories 9-5.

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Koe (6-0) leads Gushue (5-1) in the Pool B standings while Cotter is alone in third place at 4-2. Koe fell to 1-5 and St. Louis remained winless at 0-6.

In Pool A, Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs leads the way at 6-0 after 12 draws. Team Wild Card’s Brendan Bottcher is next at 5-1, followed by Saskatchewan’s Kirk Muyres (4-2), Manitoba’s Mike McEwen and Yukon’s Jon Solberg at 3-3.

Quebec’s Martin Crete was 2-4, Prince Edward Island’s John Likely was 1-5 and Andrew Symonds of Newfoundland and Labrador was 0-6.

Two more draws were scheduled for later Wednesday. The Page Playoffs begin Saturday and the final will be played Sunday.

The Canadian Press