No More Magic for Menard

Jean-Michel Menard from Quebec surprised everyone by winning the Brier final over Glen Howard of Ontario. Winning that gave him the right the represent Canada at the World Curling Championship. The team struggled early on, but pull off a 2nd place finish after the round robin. Then they defeated Scotland in the one-two playoff game, only to face them in a rematch in the finals. Similar to the way Menard lost the one-two game to Howard at the Brier, and then battled back to face him again in the finals. And just as Menard got his revenge when he played Howard again, Scotland managed to beat out Menard and win the championship.

For Scotland's David Murdoch, this is a great win. This same team crumbled at the hands of Randy Ferbey last year in the World Championship finals, losing 11-4. Then this year at the Olympics in Italy, they had a disappointing tournament, not even making it to the podium. So as much as I would love to see the Canadians win the worlds this year, I'm kinda glad that Murdoch got it. He's a good guy.