Latest Scotties Podcast Episodes
The Tick Shot
Rock Logic - March 11, 2021 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKen Pomeroy of Kenpom.com, Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone and skip of Team Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson join Kevin to discuss the evolution of the Tick Shot. They examine the impact it has on strategy and how it may bring future changes to the sport.
Episode 74 - Rae Kells/Donna Boyle
Curling Legends Podcast - February 27, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRae Kells was prepared for the challenge. Her experience as a probations officer provided ideal training for work as a curling official. Her steady approach to controversial finishes at the 1993 Canadian Junior Women’s and ’94 Junior Men’s championships led to nearly 3 decades officiating regi...
CSI: 2016 Brier Final U1E7
Rock Logic - February 22, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDoug Wilson and Mickey Pendergast return to discuss Daily Curling Puzzle #51. Alberta's Kevin Koe has hammer and is ahead by 1 over Brad Gushue of Newfoundland in the 7th end of the 2016 Brier Final. Alberta third Mark Kennedy is about to throw his first and every rock is still in play, what the...
CSI: 1997 Canada Men's Olympic Trials Final TE9
Rock Logic - February 16, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOlympic silver medalists Mike Harris and Richard Hart join Kevin to revisit the ninth end of their 1997 Canadian Olympic Trials final against Kevin Martin. Tied with hammer, Harris is in position to score but Martin third Don Walchuk makes a big runback with his first and when the dust settles, ...
How Many Ends?
Rock Logic - February 06, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKen Pomeroy of Kenpom.com and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone return with host Kevin Palmer. They are joined by skip of Team Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson to debate whether games should be 8 or 10 ends. Ken's article on the topic can be found on his curling blog doubletakeout.com. Kevin provided past a...
CSI: The Power Play
Rock Logic - January 29, 2021 16:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJonathan Havercroft and Ryan McGhee of Rocks Across The Pond Podcast join Kevin to discuss how a Power Play is used in the Mixed Doubles Final of the 2018 World Cup event in Omaha, Nebraska. Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and graphics, and watch the entire game on YouTube.
Episode 73 - Don Aitken
Curling Legends Podcast - January 25, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDon Aitken misses corn brooms. With two players pounding in unison, the sound and rhythm was a thing of beauty. In the 1970s, Don practiced on linoleum during summer months and by winter, helped sweep up purple hearts, winning Quebec Provincial titles throughout the decade-first with skip Bill K...
CSI: 1995 Brier Semi-final D1E2
Rock Logic - January 21, 2021 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames Pahl and Mark Klinck join Kevin and go back nearly 26 years to the second end of the Brier semi-final between Alberta's Kevin Martin and Kerry Burtnyk of Manitoba. James was second for Team Alberta and shares his memories of the situation. Link to The Curling News to follow along with vide...
CSI: 2017 World Men's Final U2LE
Rock Logic - January 15, 2021 17:08 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMickey Pendergast and Doug Wilson join Kevin for a Curling Scene Investigation from the 10th end of the 2017 world men's final between Canada's Brad Gushue and Niklas Edin of Sweden. U2LE means "Up Two, Last End". Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and graphics.
Examining Curling From A Different Angle
Rock Logic - January 06, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe inaugural episode of a new podcast on curling analytics, produced by the host of Curling Legends. Kevin Palmer is joined by Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone to discuss how curling teams are ranked. Ken comes from the world of basketball analytics and his team ranking...
Episode 72 - Terry Jones
Curling Legends Podcast - December 28, 2020 19:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTerry Jones wanted to have fun. As a kid he ran errands for the press box during the local baseball tournament and saw the thrill of being a sportswriter. Over his career "Jonesy" has covered it all, including succeeding Don "Buckets" Flemming as the curling scribe for the Edmonton Journal. Terr...
Episode 71 - Elaine Dagg-Jackson
Curling Legends Podcast - December 03, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsElaine Dagg-Jackson pursued her passion to coach curling. The decision led her to amazing experiences across the globe and eventually her dream job as National Women's Coach with Curling Canada. Her introduction to the sport came from father Lyall, winner of the 1964 Brier and World Championship...
Episode 70 - Bert Gretzinger
Curling Legends Podcast - November 19, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBert Gretzinger has a few stories to tell. Born in Winnipeg, he spent his middle-school years in Calgary and eventually landed in Vancouver, winning his first purple heart as vice for Bernie Sparkes in 1976. After moving to Kelowna, Bert next won the BC Provincials in 1989 with Rick Folk. They l...
Episode 69 - Resby Coutts
Curling Legends Podcast - November 06, 2020 22:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsResby Coutts is a real life Les Nessman. Farm reporting was the primary job but having been a member of the Murray Nye team that lost the final of the 1981 Manitoba Tankard, curling was added to his radio duties. Resby shares how starting early at a one sheet club sparked a lifetime in the roari...
Episode 68 - Lindsay Sparkes
Curling Legends Podcast - July 17, 2020 00:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLindsay Sparkes was driven by a desire to improve rather than by competition. Leaving figure skating for curling she replaced judges with a scoreboard and by focusing on her own ability, eventually the winning took care of itself. Joined by childhood friends Dawn Knowles, Robin Klassen and Lorra...
Episode 67 - Glen Jackson/Doug Wilson
Curling Legends Podcast - June 16, 2020 03:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGlen Jackson was young and brash but made a mature decision when it mattered. A coin flip to determine who would be third for Paul Gowsell on their high school rink went to Neil Houston and Glen chose to stay with the team. Joined by Kelly Stearne at lead, the long haired teenagers with their pu...
Episode 66 - Matt Hames/Warren Hansen
Curling Legends Podcast - May 16, 2020 06:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMatt Hames was a mad man. Once a copywriter, just like fictional TV character Don Draper, Matt gave up three martini lunches at Bay and Bloor for six packs and road trips to bonspiels in Thunder Bay and a chance to make the Olympics. After falling short to reach the 1997 Olympic Trials with John...
Episode 65 - John Ferguson
Curling Legends Podcast - April 27, 2020 03:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJohn Ferguson developed management skills from behind the tee-line. Dealing with a contentious boardroom seemed easy after numerous years as vice for two of the most eccentric skips in curling history. As third for Paul Gowsell, John won the 1977 Canadian Juniors and 1978 Uniroyal World champio...
Episode 64 - Guy Hemmings
Curling Legends Podcast - March 21, 2020 05:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGuy Hemmings found curling by accident. Having moved to Montreal for University, during a Sunday morning walk he saw a sign to try curling at the Outremont Club. This chance encounter would eventually lead him to skip Quebec to the Brier finals. Twice. Guy, along with Pierre Charette, Guy Thibau...
Episode 63 - Alison Goring
Curling Legends Podcast - March 01, 2020 08:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAlison Goring likes to be around people. Socializing was also a form of sports psychology. She couldn't face the alternative of quiet solitude in a hotel room the night before a big game. Alison won the 1983 Canada Winter Games and Canadian Juniors with Kristin Holman (now Turcotte), Cheryl McP...
Episode 62 - Julie Skinner
Curling Legends Podcast - January 28, 2020 07:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJulie Skinner was always driven. Recognizing this, she was hesitant to return to curling when Kelley Law asked her to play third years after she'd stepped away. With the support of her family, Julie jumped head first into her second act and it led to a World Championship and Olympic medal. We di...
Episode 61 - Don Bartlett, Part 3
Curling Legends Podcast - January 13, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDon Bartlett returns for more conversation. He shares thoughts on the Brier boycott era and Team Martin with Carter Rycroft. Don discusses the Ferbey Four, playing a bonspiel with Paul Gowsell, split times and 5 rock Free Guard Zone. You can also hear Don Bartlett on Episodes 39 and 40.
Episode 60 - Peter Gallant
Curling Legends Podcast - January 07, 2020 07:28 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPeter Gallant never took to skating. His father was a hockey coach and while his older brother reached for a stick and puck, he chose a broom and slider. His choice led to nine Brier appearances with Prince Edward Island and a Canadian Mixed title in 1987. Peter started coaching with son Brett, ...
Episode 59 - Ray Grant
Curling Legends Podcast - November 14, 2019 07:02 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRay Grant's father Andy felt one trip to the Brier was enough. After skipping Ontario at the first Regina Brier in 1955, Andy's experience was so fantastic he believed every competitive curler should be given a chance to go. However, they did return to the 1958 Brier in Victoria, with Murray Rob...
Episode 58 - Bernie Sparkes
Curling Legends Podcast - November 06, 2019 06:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBernie Sparkes loves the Brier. From his first purple heart as second for Ron Northcott in 1966 to his twelfth and final appearance skipping British Columbia in 1987, every visit to the Canadian Men's Curling Championship meant as much as the last. Bernie shares stories of the highs and lows at ...
Episode 57 - Earle Morris
Curling Legends Podcast - October 07, 2019 15:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEarle Morris always knew how to prepare. Years before appearing in a Brier he studied the best teams, collecting binders of notes on how to approach the game. Travelling with the military made it difficult to establish himself but eventually Earle skipped Team Manitoba at the Brier in 1980. He w...
Episode 56 - Pat Sanders
Curling Legends Podcast - September 23, 2019 04:16 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPat Sanders was always determined to knock over obstacles. Still a knee slider when starting university, she changed her delivery and fought to make the school team, later moving from toe slide to flat foot to improve even further. Reaching the womens ranks, she by-passed the pecking order of ...
Epsiode 55 - Larry Wood
Curling Legends Podcast - July 12, 2019 06:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLarry Wood doesn't like puff pieces. He became editor of the Tankard Times, a daily newspaper at the Brier, on one condition; he wasn't going to pull any punches. As columnist at the Calgary Herald, Larry was scribe to many of the greatest moments in curling history. His first Brier was 1960 in...
Episode 54 - Harvey Mazinke, Part 2
Curling Legends Podcast - May 02, 2019 04:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn Part 2 of my conversation with Harvey Mazinke we begin with a Paul Gowsell story, discuss the original Labatt Brier cresting, re-writing of the "burnt stone" rule, hogline officials and the controversy surrounding the qualifying for the 1988 Olympics. Harvey was President of the Canadian Curl...
Episode 53 - Harvey Mazinke, Part 1
Curling Legends Podcast - April 18, 2019 04:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHarvey Mazinke influenced curling as a player and a builder. Growing up in Manitoba, Harvey reached the Brier in 1964 with Bruce Hudson, but moved to Saskatchewan a few years later. Eventually he built a team of Billy Martin at third, George Achtymichuk at second and Dan Klippenstein at lead. ...