King, Middaugh, Jones, Lawton, China, Anderson, Englot - all very good teams that ended up losing their first round games....hmmmmm. Well there are a lot of reasons why - mainly it's the first game and they are simply getting familiar with the ice, and a lot of other teams are playing very well! That is the benefit of a triple knockout....there are two winners in the A, two in the B and four in the C who qualify.
One of the biggest stories developing here in Calgary is the fact that Amber Holland's Regina team have yet to lose a game this year. This is there second event and they won their first event, in Saskatchewan, undefeated - beating Kelly Scott in the final.
Team Scott, in their own show of pure talent, had a very one sided game against Team Japan. This was a payback game from the final of the Vernon event last weekend where Team Japan beat them in the semi-final and went onto the final.
Team Kleibrink, the reigning champions, looked very good in their game against June Campbell from Calgary. Watch up for this team, as they have yet to qualify this year....but if you wake a sleeping giant!!
All in all things are shaping up like a normal triple knockout event....always some big upsets, always some good teams winning - the interesting part is who plays well enough to be the top 25% of the teams in this event to qualify and play on Monday. Forteen thousand dollars will be given out to the winner of this event.
I'll be in touch!.
Paul
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