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Win or go home: Flasch falls into 3-4 Page playoff game at Brier

Mar 12, 2022 | 9:10 AM

Colton Flasch’s winning streak at the Tim Hortons Brier ended Friday night, but his stay at the Canadian men’s curling championship in Lethbridge isn’t over.

The Saskatchewan skip lost 7-2 to Alberta’s Kevin Koe in a Page playoff qualifier, dropping the team from the Saskatoon Nutana into the 3-4 Page playoff game Saturday against Brad Gushue. That contest is to start at 2:30 p.m. Saskatchewan time.

Gushue lost 4-3 to Team Canada’s Brendan Bottcher in Friday night’s other qualifier. Gushue was forced to play with only three players after third Mark Nichols tested positive for COVID-19.

Koe and Bottcher are to play in the 1-2 Page playoff game Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Saskatchewan time, with the winner advancing to Sunday’s final. The loser will fall into Sunday’s semifinal to play the winner of the Flasch-Gushue game.

Flasch had won six straight entering the matchup with Koe. That streak included two games earlier Friday: A 9-5 victory over the Regina-based Wild Card #2 team skipped by Matt Dunstone in a tiebreaker and a 10-3 triumph over Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs in a playoff game.

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Flasch and Koe were locked in a tight one, with Koe holding a 4-2 lead after eight ends. In the ninth, Flasch tried a tough runback double with his final stone, but his miss allowed the Alberta champions to steal three — and the Saskatchewan foursome conceded.

A team from Saskatchewan hasn’t won the Brier since Rick Folk turned the trick in 1980.