A major story of the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario so far have been the remarkable comebacks. To date there have been four incredible games where a team looked liked they were out of it, but came back to get the all important win.
The first comeback came on Sunday in draw three, as Saskatchewan’s Matt Dunstone was trailing 5-1 to New Brunswick’s James Grattan before winning 10-6. Dunstone stole one point in the sixth end and two points in the seventh end when Grattan was heavy with his draw attempt. All of a sudden, the game was tied at five points apiece. Then Grattan picked up a single point in the eighth end before Dunstone scored three points in the ninth end and two points in the 10th end for the four point win.
On Sunday afternoon, Manitoba’s Jason Gunnlaugson was trailing 4-0 to Quebec’s Alek Bedard, before Manitoba quickly came back by scoring four points in the fourth end. In the fifth end, Gunnlaugson picked up a steal of one to take a 5-4 lead. Quebec actually had a 6-5 lead after six ends and 8-6 lead after eight ends, before Gunnlaugson tied the game at eight in the ninth end and then stole two points in the 10th end for a two point win.
On Monday morning, Dunstone had a remarkable comeback again. This time it was against British Columbia’s Steve Laycock. Dunstone was trailing 8-5 heading into the 10th end when he scored four points for the remarkable 9-8 victory.
Then on Monday evening, in a battle of Canadian Olympic gold medalists, Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue came back to beat Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs 7-6 after trailing 4-0 after the first end. Gushue won the gold medal for Canada in men’s curling at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin and Jacobs won the gold medal for Canada in men’s curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
