Here is P.E.I.’s round-robin schedule at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier (all starts Atlantic Time):Ĥ:30 p.m. “But at the same time, you also have to go with the mindset that you are representing your province, and you have to stay positive and enjoy the time you are there.” “I think when we play well, we are definitely a really strong team. “He’s definitely a natural skip,” said White. White feels Smith will perform very well as a first-time regular skip at Brier. Smith said he is most comfortable skipping, a position he has played the majority of his career. This year, Smith will be calling the shots the entire week. Smith gained valuable experience skipping a game and a half filling in for MacKenzie last year.
You really have to be focused and pay attention.” “You can curl 100 per cent in an end and still give up two. “In the men’s game, you have to be bang-on the whole game, all 10 ends,” said Smith, 23. Smith noted the margin of error at the men’s level is much smaller than what he experienced in the junior ranks, where he competed in six Canadian championships. Smith, who is from Hunter River, experienced that first-hand at the 2021 Brier in Calgary as the third stone for the Eddie MacKenzie rink. The Canadian men’s curling championship takes place in Lethbridge, Alta., from March 4 to 13.The Sports Network (TSN) will provide live coverage of all draws at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier.Hopefully, we can win a couple of games and, at least, be in all the games. “We are going out there and expect to play well, give the top teams a game and make them earn it. enters the Brier with no major expectations. With the rink having played a limited schedule and facing not only a lot of the top teams in Canada but the world, Smith said Team P.E.I. rink only had the opportunity to play seven or eight games this year as a team because COVID-19 and travel restrictions limited the opportunities for Cocks to visit P.E.I. "We have been flat out practising since we have been able to get back on the ice.” “We didn’t play a whole lot, but we had enough. “It was kind of a strange season, and we were lucky enough that we had the most points,” said Smith. colours after they earned the most points on the Canadian Team Ranking System. The Smith team earned the right to wear the P.E.I. Tankard provincial men’s curling championship did not go ahead as scheduled in early 2022 because of COVID-19 restrictions. at the Canadian men’s curling championship in Lethbridge, Alta., March 4-13. yells instructions to his sweepers during a round-robin game against Team Canada’s Brad Gushue rink at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary, Alta. Adam Casey, who grew up in Seven Mile Bay and resides in Charlottetown, handles the third-stone duties for Jason Gunnlaugson’s Wild-Card No.Team Gushue is competing in the Canadian men’s curling championship as Wild-Card Team One. Charlottetown’s Brett Gallant plays second stone for the Olympic bronze-medal-winning Brad Gushue rink.Along with P.E.I.’s Tyler Smith rink, Prince Edward Island curling fans will be following two other Islanders at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier.P.E.I.’s first game is against the Yukon’s Wade Scoffin in Draw 3 on March 5 at 9:30 p.m., Atlantic Time.
Team Smith, which also includes third stone Adam Cocks, lead Ryan Lowery and fifth player Christopher Gallant, is representing P.E.I. White plays second stone with the Tyler Smith rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club. “I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up, but we are getting pretty close to the Brier now, so it’s kind of hard not to get excited for sure.” “That would have been the first time I would have gone to a national (championship),” said White. White qualified for two nationals early in 2020 after winning provincial titles for clubs and mixed doubles with his wife, Jenny (nee McLean), but those Canadian championships were cancelled due to COVID-19.
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