Jacobs defeats Koe to advance to men's final at Canada's Olympic curling trials - CBC.ca

Vice-skip Marc Kennedy says the members of Team Jacobs are simply trying to follow their skip's lead at Canada's Olympic curling trials.

The plan is working as another near-perfect performance from Brad Jacobs has the rink one win away from a berth in the Winter Games.

Jacobs used a pair of in-off double-takeouts for big scores in an 8-3 rout of Kevin Koe in Saturday's men's semifinal. Jacobs scored four in the third end and added another four-ender in the fifth.

"Brad has been fantastic and I think when you feel like your skip is going to make everything, it allows everybody to be a little more relaxed," said Kennedy. "That has kind of been the story of the week."

WATCH | Jacobs moves on to Olympic trials finals with win over Koe:

Jacobs defeats Koe, advances to finals of Olympic curling trials

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With an 8-3 victory over Kevin Koe, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.'s Brad Jacobs will battle Brad Gushue in the finals of the Olympic curling trials on Sunday. An opportunity to represent Canada at the 2022 Beijing Olympics is on the line. 1:03

Koe, who represented Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games but missed the podium, conceded after only six ends.

"It came to a quick thud out there," Koe said. "It sucks."

Jacobs has rolled through the competition at SaskTel Centre with the lone hiccup a 7-6 extra-end loss to Brad Gushue. He was in full control against Koe after the teams opened with a pair of blanks.

"This is just the best team performance I can remember that we've put together to this point," Jacobs said. "I think we all feel very confident heading into tomorrow's final."

Jacobs will square off against Gushue in Sunday night's final for the right to wear the Maple Leaf at the Feb. 4-20 Beijing Games.

Gushue had the same 7-1 round-robin record as Jacobs but earned the top seed thanks to the head-to-head victory.

Both teams have plenty of Olympic experience. Kennedy won Olympic gold in 2010 with Kevin Martin and returned to the Games in 2018 with Koe.

Jacobs and his front end of E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden won an Olympic title in 2014. Gushue and third Mark Nichols were victorious at the 2006 Winter Games.

Koe managed just a single in the fourth and tacked on a deuce in the sixth with the game essentially over.

"That's the best I've seen the Brad Jacobs team in a couple years," said Koe second John Morris. "They've got that look in their eye that they're really hard to beat."

McCarville advances with tiebreaker win over Einarson

In a women's tiebreaker, Krista McCarville scored a single in an extra end for a 4-3 victory over Kerri Einarson.

McCarville advanced to an evening semifinal against Jennifer Jones. Einarson, who beat Casey Scheidegger 8-6 in a morning tiebreaker, had a chance to beat McCarville in the 10th end but was heavy with her draw for two.

"I thought it was very close when I let go of it," Einarson said. "The way it was curling, I thought it was good but it wasn't."

WATCH | McCarville downs Einarson to advance at Canada's Olympic curling trials:

McCarville knocks off Einarson in extras, will play in Olympic curling trial semifinals

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Thunder Bay, Ont.'s Krista McCarville defeated Kerri Einarson of Selkirk, Man. 4-3 to advance to the semifinals of the Canadian Olympic curling trials against Jennifer Jones. 1:02

Jones, who won Olympic gold in Sochi, earned the semifinal berth as the No. 2 seed. Tracy Fleury went unbeaten in round-robin play to earn the direct berth to Sunday morning's final.

Einarson, McCarville and Scheidegger were tied for third place in the standings at 4-4.

The members of McCarville's team, who were idle for the final day of round-robin play Friday, had packed some of their bags thinking their .500 record wouldn't be enough for weekend play.

"This is such a pleasant surprise," said McCarville vice-skip Kendra Lilly. "We went out and we played well. Honestly, I have no words. None."

The men's semifinal was moved to the afternoon from the evening due to the women's tiebreaker schedule.

The change allowed both semifinals to be televised and kept the feature games on the same sheet at SaskTel Centre.

WATCH | That Curling Show attempts to recreate Schmirler's in-out shot:

Trying to recreate THAT Sandra Schmirler shot from the '97 Olympic trials

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That Curling Show hosts Devin Heroux and Colleen Jones show just how hard it is to accurately throw the in-off shot that made Sandra Schmirler famous at the 1997 Canadian Olympic trials. Joan McCusker joins the conversation with a behind-the-scenes story on how it happened. 7:16

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