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Winnipeg skip eliminated from Grand Slam of Curling event in Charlottetown

Canada’s Chelsea Carey was eliminated at the HearingLife Tour Challenge on Friday morning after dropping a 5-1 decision to Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa.

Carey’s Winnipeg-based team played as a threesome at the Grand Slam event as second Emily Zacharias was unavailable.

Third Karlee Burgess threw a game-low 57 per cent as the Carey side fell to 1-3.

In other early games at the Bell Aliant Centre, Brad Gushue of St. John’s defeated Scotland’s Cameron Bryce 6-3 and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni beat Scotland’s Rebecca Morrison 6-3.

American John Shuster made a hit in an extra end for a 7-6 victory over Italy’s Joel Retornaz.

Three more draws are scheduled for later in the day. The finals are scheduled for Sunday.

WATCH | Mike McEwen joins That Curling Show to discuss hot start to season:

‘They brought out something special’: Mike McEwen credits teammates for hot start to season

23 hours ago

Duration 12:08

Mike McEwen has been red hot to start the curling season. The skip joined Devin Heroux to explain the early success behind the three-straight event wins.

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