Brad Jacobs and Canada roll to comfortable win over China at world men’s curling playdowns

Canada rolls to comfortable win over China at world men's curling playdowns

MOOSE JAW — The host team is standing tall at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. It's the 12 teams below Canada in the round-robin standings that have been somewhat unpredictable.

Brad Jacobs and Canada roll to comfortable win over China at world men’s curling playdowns

Round-robin play continues through Friday night. The top six teams will make the weekend playoffs.

Team Canada skip Brad Jacobs fitting in just fine with new squad at worlds

Even though they are in their first season together, the men’s curling foursome of Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert have been enjoying some undeniable chemistry.

Playoff-bound Canada beats China and Switzerland at men's curling worlds

Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based side of Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert secured a playoff spot Thursday with a pair of wins to improve to 9-1. Canada dumped China's Xiaoming Xu 8-2 in the morning draw and topped Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller 10-4 in the evening.

Canada rolls to comfortable win over China at world men’s curling playdowns

MOOSE JAW - Canada's Brad Jacobs maintained his hold on first place at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship on Thursday with an 8-2 rout of China's Xiaoming Xu at the Temple Gardens Centre.

Canada rolls to win over China at men's curling worlds

The host team is standing tall at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship.  It’s the 12 teams below Canada in the round-robin standings that have been somewhat unpredictable.  Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based side of Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert improved to 8-1 in round-robin play Thursday with an 8-2 rout of China’s Xiaoming Xu. “It’d be really nice to sneak into the 1-2 spot and finish this thing strong going into the playoffs,…