Kevin Koe leads Canada to opening-day wins over South Korea and Russia at men’s world curling championship

Canada skip Kevin Koe and third B.J. Neufeld plot strategy as they face South Korea at the world men's curling championship in Lethbridge on Saturday.After an unbeaten run at the national playdowns, Canada’s Kevin Koe picked up where he left off Saturday at the world men’s curling championship.

In a tight opener, Neufeld set things up nicely in the extra end. His brilliant double peel was followed by a throw that cleared things out and also tapped a South Korean stone off the 12-foot ring. Koe opened with three points, added a deuce in the third and tacked on three more points in the fifth. With things well in hand, Canada alternate Ted Appelman came on for Hebert after the mid-game break.Round-robin play continues through Friday night with the top six teams making the weekend playoffs.Kim, the world No. 49, wasn’t afraid to be aggressive against the top-ranked Koe. He delivered a nice angle-raise runback to sit shot stone in the first end before drawing for one.

Needing a deuce to force an extra end, Kim caught a break when Koe missed a double takeout on his final throw. Kim coolly drew to the eight-foot ring for the pair. “We knew it was going to be a battle,” said Canada coach John Dunn. “There’s not going to be an easy game at this championship for us.

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