Regardless of not having home-rink benefit, a few of the greatest Canadian groups are doing simply tremendous on the Grand Slam of Curling’s first American occasion.
Rachel Homan, Matt Dunstone and Brad Jacobs are three of the 3-0 groups at KIOTI GSOC Tahoe in Nevada.
Homan capped Thursday’s play with an 8-3 win over Canada’s Staff Kaitlin Lawes.
The Ottawa-born skip and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni are the lone ladies’s groups with good data.
The 2-time reigning world champion has received the earlier two Slam occasions this season.
On the lads’s facet, Dunstone beat Switzerland’s Marco Hoesli 7-4, whereas Jacobs beat Scotland’s Ross Whyte 6-3 on Thursday.
Bruce Mouat of Scotland and Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland are also 3-0.
The highest eight groups in every 16-team discipline after Friday’s play advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Motion resumes Friday at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT on Sportsnet+, with Niklas Edin dealing with Mike McEwen within the featured match.
