Defending champ Reid Carruthers makes early exit from PointsBet Invitational

Another Manitoba-based squad was upset astatine the 3rd yearly PointsBet Invitational connected Thursday night.

Two-time defending champ Team Reid Carruthers was eliminated aft losing a gully to the fastener successful their precise archetypal crippled of the single-knockout bonspiel.

The sixth-seeded Carruthers foursome was beaten by 11th effect Felix Asselin 5-4 successful the Sweep 16 round.

With the crippled tied, Carruthers gave up 2 points successful the ninth extremity to way by a brace coming location successful the 10th. After Asselin missed a double-takeout for the triumph successful the last end, Carruthers made a raise-takeout to people a deuce to permission it tied aft 10 ends of play.

They don’t play other ends astatine this lawsuit arsenic the victor is decided by a gully to the button. Carruthers went archetypal and slid past the fastener into the four-foot. Asselin proceeded to spot his propulsion close connected the fastener to extremity Carruthers’ hopes of winning a 3rd consecutive PointsBet title.

Fourth effect Matt Dunstone was knocked retired with a nonaccomplishment successful their opening crippled connected Wednesday. And successful the women’s draw, 3rd effect and four-time nationalist champ Kerri Einarson was upset by 14th effect Allyson MacNutt earlier connected Thursday.

“It’s decidedly tough,” Einarson said. “They played truly well. They made a batch of large draws and we missed rather a fewer opportunities.

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“We can’t instrumentality thing distant from them. They played truly good and we didn’t.”

Four Manitoba rinks qualified for the quarterfinals oregon the Elite 8. Jordon McDonald is the past Manitoba squad lasting successful the men’s gully and the 13th seeds are up against Kevin Koe connected Friday.

Fourth effect Kaitlyn Lawes volition instrumentality connected 5th effect Selena Sturmay. Second effect Chelsea Carey, with the aged Team Jennifer Jones, is pitted against 10th effect Kayla Skrlik. And sixth effect Kate Cameron volition conscionable MacNutt for a spot successful the last four.

                                                                                                 -With files from Canadian Press