{"id":44224,"date":"2018-02-02T13:08:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=44224"},"modified":"2018-02-02T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T19:09:09","slug":"huntsville-curling-fans-treated-exciting-howard-vs-epping-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-curling-fans-treated-exciting-howard-vs-epping-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville curling fans treated to exciting Howard vs. Epping game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Main photo: The On-Ice Moosies Bar at the Don Lough Arena offers an up-close-and-personal vantage point to watch world-class curling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Curling fans and newbie spectators alike were treated to an exciting game between the top two teams at the Ontario Tankard Thursday night.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The men&#8217;s curling championship will decide Team Ontario for the upcoming Tim Hortons Brier. One of four draws last night saw skips Glenn Howard and John Epping go head-to-head in an exciting test of strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The game, which determined the A Bracket winner,  was a close one that had the teams tied at six at the eighth end. Howard took four points in the ninth to win the game 10-6.  He will rest today and be back for the playoffs on Saturday, while other teams continue to battle for position.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for all remaining draws, including the finals on Sunday, are available online at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2018tankard.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/2018tankard.ca\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1517679692280000&amp;usg=AFQjCNESSwj5JHYW2tDcfzC2TOPpcfKrKQ\">2018tankard.ca<\/a><\/span> or you can purchase tickets at the door. See the standings and remaining games <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ontcurl.com\/scoreboard\/#!\/competitions\/2761\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>While you are there, be sure to check out Muskoka Moosies in the Active Living Centre for meals and entertainment. A portion of proceeds from food sales is being donated to local charities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curling fans and newbie spectators alike were treated to an exciting game between the top two teams at the Ontario Tankard Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1903,"featured_media":44225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-44224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-breaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Huntsville curling fans treated to exciting Howard vs. Epping game - 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