BRANDON — Manitoba’s staggering implosion Sunday night at the 2019 Brier is a stark reminder of how quickly things can change when the world’s curling elite collide.
And how the five-rock rule sparks hope.
A plush, five-point cushion after four end should have provided comfort for Mike McEwen and his West St. Paul teammates, who were firing on all cylinders. Brendan Bottcher’s Wild Card crew was experiencing complete engine failure.
But a pair of threes by Bottcher — one carefully constructed in the fifth end and another gift-wrapped by Manitoba in the sixth — turned the tables.