— Michelle Englot offered some frank advice to those fretting over some of the inflated scores at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. “They all need to chill out,” the Team Canada skip said in response to comments about the one-sided results at the Canadian women’s curling championship. To accomplish that, the member associations voted that all their provincial and territorial champions would compete in the Brier and Scotties. “I don’t know what the best way is and I feel for Curling Canada for having to figure this out. I don’t know what the best way is because I don’t work for Curling Canada and I’ll just go with the flow.”Thiessen and Curling Canada are aware of the concerns over the format.

Source: National Post January 31, 2018 04:07 UTC