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Glenn Howard wins bragging rights over his son, Scott Howard, who plays second for Epping   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 6, 2011 – Glenn Howard of Coldwater, ON continued his dominant performance from the round-robin portion throughout the playoffs en route to the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling title today, defeating Toronto’s John Epping in the final. The championship game in the first Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event of the season also featured the series’ first father vs. son battle in a tournament final, between Glenn Howard and his son, Scott Howard, who plays second for Epping.   When the two teams met in Draw 3, Howard came away with a 7-3 win. Although the score was closer this time, the result was the same with Howard coming away with a 6-4 victory in seven ends, given Howard his first tournament win of the season.   “We’ve played really well this year, but haven’t had a win in a spiel. We’re really happy about this one,&rd ...

Glenn Howard’s son, Scott Howard, plays second for Epping, making this the first father vs. son final in the history of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 5, 2011 – And then there was two. Sixteen of the world’s best curling teams have been eliminated, leaving Glenn Howard of Coldwater, ON and Toronto, ON’s John Epping to do battle for the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling. Howard defeated Sweden’s Niklas Edin in his semifinal match, while Epping bested reigning Olympic Champion, Kevin Martin of Edmonton, AB in the other semifinal, earning both winners the right to play in the final of the first Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event of the season.   The two finalists are a strong contrast from one another as Glenn Howard has won eight career Capital One Grand Slam of Curling titles, while Epping is a first time Grand Slam qualifier as a skip. Both teams took different paths to the final as well, with Howard’s team finis ...

Martin rolls to a six-end win, leaving him one victory away from a chance at an eighteenth major title   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 5, 2011 – Four teams remain in the hunt for the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling following a quarter-final draw that saw the top two seeds bounced by tie-break qualifiers. Moving on to the semifinals at the first leg of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling are Edmonton, AB’s Kevin Martin, Coldwater, ON’s Glenn Howard, Toronto, ON’s John Epping and Karlstad, Sweden’s Niklas Edin.   Martin will continue his quest for an eighteenth major title in his semifinal match-up tonight – a feat that would tie him with the legendary golfer, Jack Nicklaus, in terms of major championship victories in their respective sports.   In his quarter-final game, Martin faced former World Champion Kevin Koe in an all-Edmonton tilt. Martin jumped out to a 2-0 start after one end, but Koe erased that lead with two points in the second. Marti ...

John Epping defeats Greg Balsdon while Sweden’s Niklas Edin gets by Randy Ferbey in this morning’s tie-breaker draw to reach this afternoon’s quarter-finals Seventeen-year-old curler wins $1,000 cash plus $10,000 towards upgrades to his local curling club in the Capital One Junior Draw to the Button   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 5, 2011 – After finishing tied with identical 3-2 records after the round-robin portion of the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling, four teams squared-off this morning in two tie-breakers to determine the final two participants in quarter-finals of the first Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event of the season.   In one tie-breaker, Toronto, ON’s John Epping took on provincial rival Greg Balsdon of Kingston. It was a back-and-forth affair with both teams exchanging leads until Epping tied the score at 5-5 after the seventh end. With the hammer in the eighth, Balsdon needed to draw to the button to avoid handing one point and the win ...

Six teams have qualified for the quarter-finals while four more will compete in tomorrow morning’s tie-breaker for the final two spots   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 4, 2011 – A wild night at the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling resulted in some surprise finishes with two previously undefeated teams losing and two previously winless teams notching their first victories. These surprising results contributed to a tie-breaker that will see four teams to compete for the final two berths in the quarter-final of the first Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event of the season.   Winnipeg, MB’s Jeff Stoughton finished the round-robin with a perfect 5-0 record and will be the top seed in tomorrow’s quarter-final. Brad Gushue’s St. John’s, NL team takes the second seed with a 4-1 record, tied with the third, fourth and fifth seeds, Edmonton, AB’s Kevin Martin, Coldwater, ON’s Glenn Howard and Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen, respectively. The seeding for ...

Mike McEwen, Kevin Martin, Jeff Stoughton and Brad Gushue have all qualified for tomorrow’s quarter-final round; however, four more playoff berths remain up for grabs   Hometown favourite Brad Jacobs lost a tough Draw 8 match-up to drop to 2-2 and must beat Glenn Howard to qualify for a tie-breaker tomorrow morning   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 4, 2011 – With just one draw left in the round-robin portion of the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling, the playoff picture is only beginning to take shape. Eighteen teams began the week but only eight will qualify for this weekend’s playoff round in the first Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event of the season.   Four playoff spots have already been claimed by Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB), Mike McEwen (Winnipeg), Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) and Brad Gushue (St. John’s, NB) – the current world #1, reigning World Champion, reigning Olympic Champion and 2006 Olympic Champion, respectively. Stoughton (5-0), Martin ...

The BDO Canadian Open runs December 14-18 at Kingston, ON’s K-Rock Centre   The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling features the best men’s teams from across Canada and the world   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 4, 2011 – With six draws in the books at the first leg of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling, fans are already getting excited for the second event in the series – The BDO Canadian Open – at Kingston, ON’s K-Rock Centre from December 14-18, 2011.   The competition at this week’s GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, has been fierce and the teams are showing no signs of slowing down. Featuring the world’s top-ranked teams, Grand Slam events are a showcase for some of the greatest match-ups and best curling every season and it’s time for fans in the Kingston, ON area to feel the excitement.   “I’m thrilled to be part of the group bringing the best curlers in the world to Kingston &ndash ...

Kevin Martin, Mike McEwen and Jeff Stoughton are tied atop the standings with identical 3-0 records   Draw 5 featured a gold medal rematch between Martin and Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud as well as an encore of this year’s Brier final between Stoughton and Glenn Howard   SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, November 3, 2011 – Three perfect records remain intact after five draws at the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling, taking place at Sault Ste. Marie, ON’s Essar Centre. 2010 Olympic Champion Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB), red-hot Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) and reigning World Champion Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) lead a talented field with matching 3-0 records in the first leg of this year’s Capital One Grand Slam of Curling.   This year’s star-studded field includes 18 of the world’s top-ranked teams including 16 Canadian teams along with Thomas Ulsrud of Norway and Sweden’s Niklas Edin. Five of those teams are tied at 2-1 including past World and Brier champ ...

The Grand Slam of Curling is coming to The Soo City to host 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – iSport Media and Management together with the City of Sault Ste Marie, the Essar Centre, Tourism Sault Ste. Marie and the local event organizing committee announced today that “the Soo” will host the GP Car and Home™ World Cup of Curling, the first of four elite men’s championships in the 2011-2012 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series. The GP Car and Home™ World Cup of Curling is scheduled to take place November 2-6, 2011 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and will feature 18 of the world’s best men’s curling teams competing for the GP Car and Home™ World Cup of Curling and Capital One Cup trophies, qualifying points towards a berth into the 2013 Olympic Trials, and the more than a half-million dollars in prize money that makes up the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series. “The City of Sault Ste Mar ...

Winnipeg youngsters break through for major title WINDSOR, Canada – Winnipeg skip Mike McEwen captured his first-ever Capital One Grand Slam of Curling title with a 4-2 victory over veteran Winnipeg rival Jeff Stoughton in the final of the 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling at the WFCU Centre. McEwen, the oldest member of his team at 30, had already eliminated Olympic champion Kevin Martin earlier in the playoffs. A second-end steal against Stoughton, the 1996 world champion who took an undefeated 7-0 record into the final, was a sign of McEwen's mark on the championship. "That's been huge for us, throughout the playoffs," said McEwen. "We haven't had hammer at all the last four or five games, and I think we've almost stolen points to start every game." The second end was also good to McEwen in his Saturday quarterfinal match. The young skip had kicked off his matchup against Martin with an enormous steal of four points. "We were hooped that whole (second) end," said Stoughton. "W ...