Alberta’s Kevin Koe, Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone win their first Brier playoff games | CBC Sports
Four-time Brier champion Kevin Koe and last year’s runner-up Matt Dunstone have won their first playoff games at the Canadian men’s curling championship on Friday.
The sides will meet in Saturday’s Page playoff for an express ticket to the final
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Alberta’s Kevin Koe and Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone have won their first playoff games at the Canadian men’s curling championship.
Four-time Brier champion Koe and last year’s runner-up Dunstone will meet in Saturday’s Page playoff between the top two seeds.
The victor earns an express ticket to the final while the loser drops to the semifinal.
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Koe was a 7-4 winner over Canada’s Brad Jacobs, whose next opponent was Manitoba’s Braden Calvert.
Dunstone earned a 7-5 victory over six-time champion Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador, who dropped to a later playoff game to face Ontario’s Jayden King.
The winners of the later games reach the Page playoff between the third and fourth seeds. The losers are eliminated.