Latest Scotties Podcast Episodes
Episode 89 - John Cullen/Warren Hansen
Curling Legends Podcast - June 01, 2024 20:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJohn Cullen joins Kevin to discuss his new podcast series Broomgate: A Curling Scandal. John explains how the project came together, what he learned through the experience and what surprised him. John shares stories left out of the show and they discuss how sweeping is impacting the sport today....
Episode 88 - Dorenda Bailey
Curling Legends Podcast - February 17, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDorenda Bailey did it all by twenty-two. Growing up in Moose Jaw, a provincial High School championship was followed by multiple collegiate victories representing the University of Saskatchewan. Junior girls curling was limited to regional events in the sixties but the women's ranks offered a ch...
Scotties Gambling Preview
Rock Logic - February 14, 2024 23:43 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHost Kevin Palmer is joined by Gerry Geurts and Matt Hall for a gambler's preview of the 2024 Canadian Women's Curling Championship set to begin in Calgary, Alberta. Gerry projects a wide open field beyond the two favourites and Matt explains the futures bets available at Coolbet.com including t...
Optimum Strategy
Rock Logic - February 14, 2024 23:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHost Kevin Palmer is joined again by Ken Pomeroy, Gerry Geurts and Matt Hall. Ken updates the gang on team rankings and his latest development, Task Manager. The crew looks at the no-tick rule, discusses whether it has adjusted teams' tactics approaching the final end, and examines the results. ...
Episode 87 - Jim Waite
Curling Legends Podcast - February 10, 2024 02:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJim Waite learned honour in curling at an early age. Playing lead in a bonspiel final, their opponent's last stone picked and Jim's skip, Don Anderson, allowed Alfie Phillips Sr. to throw it again. Jim got his purple heart in 1968, winning Ontario as second for Don Gilbert. He later moved to off...
CSI: 2022 PointsBet Invitational Semifinal E6D1
Rock Logic - December 13, 2023 02:45 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDoug Wilson of the Daily Curling Puzzle Facebook page and Mickey Pendergast, co-authors of What’s Your Call?, return to examine a Curling Scene Investigation from the 2022 PointsBet Invitational. Brad Gushue has to decide on a call for Mark Nichols’ first shot of the sixth end. The PointsBet ...
Episode 86 - Susan Seitz
Curling Legends Podcast - December 02, 2023 23:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSusan Seitz kept knocking at the door. After winning an Alberta Junior Championship in 1968 it would take 13 years and several close calls before capturing her first women's provincial championship. Susan and third Judy Erickson, second Myrna McKay and lead Betty McCracken, travelled east to St....
Episode 85 - Larry McGrath
Curling Legends Podcast - October 19, 2023 15:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLarry McGrath rode horses to the curling club. His father would take him via horse and sleigh on Saturday mornings to practice on a sheet of natural ice in Dodsland, Saskatchewan. Larry honed his skills in local bonspiels as a teenager and eventually came up against the famous Richardsons, and w...
Episode 84 - Eugene Hritzuk
Curling Legends Podcast - March 20, 2023 04:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEugene Hritzuk walked over to curl after hockey practice. Planted in goal with no face mask, the team took shots at him. After one puck whizzed past Eugene's ear and another hit him in the collarbone, it was time to try a safer sport. Strapping on suspenders and gnawing on straw from his corn br...
Episode 83 - Hersh Lerner/Wally Ursuliak and Will Pacarynuk
Curling Legends Podcast - March 05, 2023 15:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHersh Lerner says if you're not nervous it's BS. Hersh grew up in Winnipeg, learning to curl at the Maple Leaf Curling Club. His talent for golf was matched by his prowess on the ice, scoring three 8-enders in one season. Joined by Coleman Staniloff, Robert Lemecha and Allan Dudar, Hersh first w...
Episode 82 - George Karrys
Curling Legends Podcast - March 01, 2023 20:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGeorge Karrys bought The Curling News. February 15, 2023 was the 25th anniversary of the Olympic men's curling final in Nagano, Japan. George and teammates Mike Harris, Richard Hart and Collin Mitchell of Canada won a silver medal after losing to Patrick Hurlimann of Switzerland. Five years late...
Episode 81 - Heather Houston
Curling Legends Podcast - February 22, 2023 19:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHeather Houston isn't a stereotypical skip. She never felt a need to be the centre of attention, often avoiding the limelight. When Heather and Lorraine Lang formed a new team in 1987 with Diane Adams and Tracy Kennedy at front end, quick success made it difficult to evade public attention. ...
CSI: 2019 World Womens Championship Draw 15 TE1
Rock Logic - January 06, 2023 14:13 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDoug Wilson and Mickey Pendergast join to discuss their new book, What’s Your Call? Curling Strategy & Tactics in 50 Real-Life Puzzles. They share an example from the book of a Curling Scene Investigation—an early-end decision by Canada (Chelsea Carey) against Switzerland (Silvana Tirinzoni) in ...
Episode 80 - Al Hackner
Curling Legends Podcast - December 14, 2022 11:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAl Hackner always concentrated on the game. His deep focus, cool demeanor and absence of emotional display led to his nickname "the Iceman". Al's partnership with third Rick Lang in 1979 led to four trips to the Brier final in the next 6 years. They won their first in 1982 with Bob Nicol and Bru...
New Rules
Rock Logic - November 30, 2022 12:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKevin hosts Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com, Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone and 2019 World Junior Champion and Coolbet.com handicapper Matt Hall. They examine the recent rule change by the World Curling Federation to hinder the tick-shot, ponder if drawing to the button over playing an extra is more equi...
Episode 79 - Joe Gurowka
Curling Legends Podcast - November 13, 2022 03:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJoe Gurowka believes curling associations need to engage players. He shared this perspective in his retiring address as Ontario Curling Association (OCA) president in 1984. Joe’s career as a player and administrator covers over half a century. He skipped Tom Howat, Ken Ingo and Donald Mackey thr...
CSI: 2019 Brier Draw 1 TE2
Rock Logic - October 08, 2022 16:06 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDoug Wilson and Mickey Pendergast return to discuss Daily Curling Puzzle #70. Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs has the hammer (last rock advantage) and is tied against Brendan Bottcher of Alberta in the second end of Draw 1 at the 2019 Brier. Brad is about to throw his first stone and may be in po...
CSI: 2004 Brier Final D2E10
Rock Logic - July 08, 2022 15:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingReigning Alberta Senior Men's Champions James Pahl and Mark Klinck join Kevin to examine what happened in the infamous 2004 Brier Final between Alberta's Ferbey Four and Mark Dacey's Team Nova Scotia. Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and graphics.
Shooting Percentage
Rock Logic - May 06, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKevin hosts Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com, Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone and 2019 World Junior Champion and Coolbet.com handicapper Matt Hall. The crew discuss shooting percentages; how they are calculated, what value they have and how they might be improved, including Ken's article on a potential stro...
Episode 78 - Orest Meleschuk
Curling Legends Podcast - April 08, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOrest Meleschuk could accept when an opponent threw a good stone. But he was less tolerant when chaff from a corn broom turned a terrible miss into a made shot. In 1972 the luck of the chaff fell his way and together with third Dave Romano, second John Hanesiak and lead Pat Hailley, they won the...
Episode 77 - Georgina Wheatcroft
Curling Legends Podcast - March 24, 2022 09:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGeorgina Wheatcroft always wanted to be an Olympian. Initially kept out of the evaluation camps, she needed a Scotties victory with Pat Sanders in 1987 to qualify for the first ever Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. She eventually reached her goal, winning bronze at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake...
Episode 76 - Don Lewis
Curling Legends Podcast - February 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDon Lewis was an innovator. Being a curling icemaker in the 1970s was as much art as science. Don learned the craft in Saskatchewan, honed his skills with winter sojourns to Toronto in the early sixties and eventually became head icemaker for 14 Briers and 18 World Championships. He was inducted...
CSI: 2018 Olympics Mens Semifinal TE8
Rock Logic - February 11, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating2018 Olympic champion Tyler George, now a roving U.S. curling ambassador and NBC commentator, joins former NFL all-pro Jared Allen who is in his fourth year as a curling competitor. They discuss the eighth end of the 2018 Olympic men’s semifinal between George’s Team John Shuster, and Canada’s T...
Gambling
Rock Logic - November 18, 2021 20:28 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKen Pomeroy of Kenpom.com and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone return with host Kevin Palmer. They are joined by 2019 World Junior Champion Matt Hall, now working for gambling site Coolbet.com. Matt explains how to handicap curling and the crew share their picks for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling ...
CSI: Brier Draw 19 D1E9
Rock Logic - June 08, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNew York Times bestselling author Shane Ryan (Slaying The Tiger) and writer, standup comedian and 2012 U.S. champion Dean Gemmell join Kevin to examine the 9th end between Kevin Koe and Brendan Bottcher in their pool match-up at the 2021 Brier. Shane also suggests a rule change to make teams e...
CSI: 2013 Canada Men's Olympic Trials Final D1E9
Rock Logic - May 14, 2021 17:28 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOlympic silver medalists Mike Harris and Richard Hart rejoin Kevin to watch the 9th end of the 2013 Canadian Curling Trials final between John Morris and Brad Jacobs. Without hammer and trailing by one, Morris must decide where Jim Cotter should attempt to place their final stone. Link to The Cu...
Episode 75 - Erika Brown
Curling Legends Podcast - April 24, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsErika Brown started young. At the age of 15 she qualified for the 1988 Olympic Games and would compete in her first World Junior Championships a month after her appearance in Calgary. Erika shares her experiences growing up in the first family of Madison curling, playing third for Lisa Schoenebe...
CSI: 2009 World Men's Championship Final TLE
Rock Logic - April 14, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames Pahl and Mark Klinck rewatch Kevin Martin's first stone in the final end of the 2009 Men's World Championship. Canada is tied with hammer against Scotland's David Murdoch and poised to win back-to-back titles. What could go wrong? Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and gra...
CSI: 2021 Scotties Tiebreaker U2LE
Rock Logic - March 20, 2021 18:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNew York Time's bestselling author of Slaying The Tiger Shane Ryan joins writer, stand-up and 2012 U.S. National Champion Dean Gemmell to examine the final end from the 2021 Scotties Tiebreaker between Manitoba's Jennifer Jones and Laura Walker of Alberta. You can read Shane's article on curling...
Special Episode - Jim Wilson
Curling Legends Podcast - March 12, 2021 22:36 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThere are many legendary nicknames in curling. The Wrench, Snake, Moose, Arrow, Ice Man and the Round-Mound-Of-Come-Around are only a few. But you may not have heard the legend of "Rock Bottom". Coach for Team Epping at the 2021 Tim Horton's Brier is Jim Wilson, aka R.B. Jim shares the origin o...