2021 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship | |
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Host city | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
Arena | Yellowknife Curling Centre |
Dates | January 30–31 |
Winner | Team Skauge |
Curling club | Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife |
Skip | Greg Skauge |
Third | Tom Naugler |
Second | Brad Patzer |
Lead | Robert Borden |
Finalist | Glen Hudy |
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The 2021 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship , the men's territorial curling championship for the Northwest Territories, was held from January 30 to 31 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. [1] The winning Greg Skauge rink will represent the Northwest Territories at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary, Alberta, and finished with a 2–6 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2021 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's championship.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the reigning championship rink skipped by Jamie Koe could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete at the national championship. [2] Only two teams, clubmates Glen Hudy and Greg Skauge, entered the event. The event was played in a best of three series. Team Skauge won the event two games to one.
The teams are listed as follows: [3]
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club |
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Glen Hudy | Brian Kelln | Franz Dziuba | Richard Klakowich | Yellowknife Curling Centre, Yellowknife |
Greg Skauge | Tom Naugler | Brad Patzer | Robert Borden | Yellowknife Curling Centre, Yellowknife |
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00). [4]
Saturday, January 30, 10:00 am
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Glen Hudy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
Greg Skauge | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 13 |
Saturday, January 30, 4:30 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Greg Skauge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Glen Hudy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
Sunday, January 31, 4:30 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Glen Hudy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Greg Skauge | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
2021 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship |
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Greg Skauge 1st Territorial Championship title |
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