His team of Derek Samagalski and Connor Njegovan - the front end before the midseason departure of vice Jason Gunnlaugson - are joined by new lead Rob Gordon, who won a world junior bronze in 2016. “I have the confidence thinking we could put a run in. “I wouldn’t say we’re the favourites but I’d say we’d be almost like a dark horse in my opinion. “I think our team is capable of winning this thing,” he said. So he’ll be taking off for the world women’s playdowns in Sweden shortly after the Tim Hortons Brier wraps up.Īnd if all goes to plan this week at Budweiser Gardens, he’ll again raise the tankard and put on Canada colours at the men’s worlds in April. ![]() The Winnipeg skip served as coach of the Kerri Einarson side that recently defended its Canadian women’s title. Carruthers will get a chance to go for world gold again later this month. That memorable season was capped by a world championship. Wild Card Team 2 skip Reid Carruthers of the Morris Curling Club in Manitoba watches his shot during his team's match against the Northwest Territories at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ont., Sunday, March 5, 2023. Carruthers outscored Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories 11-7 on Sunday at the Tim Hortons Brier. ![]() Even doing the walk to and from the hotel is the same.” “The building is beautiful, it’s just how I remembered it,” Carruthers said Sunday after an 11-7 win over Jamie Koe and the Northwest Territories. ![]() The Wild Card 2 skip made a point of stepping on Sheet C, the same strip of ice where he won his first Canadian men’s curling title as second for Manitoba’s Jeff Stoughton in 2011. – The memories came rushing back for Reid Carruthers upon his return to Budweiser Gardens.
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