TSN’s Curling Season Begins Thursday with Live Coverage of Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials
– TSN’s 2009-10 curling broadcast schedule begins Thursday with the ROAD TO THE ROAR –
Toronto, ON (November 11, 2009) – Hurry hard! TSN launches its 2009-10 curling broadcast schedule with live coverage of the ROAD TO THE ROAR from Prince George, BC, beginning Thursday, Nov. 12 at 3:30 p.m. ET. In total, TSN will broadcast more than 300 hours of live curling coverage throughout the 2009-10 season including exclusive Canadian coverage of all Season of Champions events as well as the Canadian Olympic curling trials and the men’s and women’s curling events at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
In a key event to determine Canada’s men’s and women’s Olympic curling teams, the ROAD TO THE ROAR uses a triple-elimination playoff format involving 12 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams whereby the four remaining men’s and women’s teams advance to next month’s TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS.
The fields for the ROAD TO THE ROAR boast teams with impressive credentials. Included amongst the 12 men’s teams are former Brier and World Champions Jeff Stoughton, Wayne Middaugh and Kerry Burtnyk as well as 2006 Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue. The women’s side features former Tournament of Hearts and World Champion Kelly Scott and perennial standouts Sherry Middaugh and Marie-France Larouche. The teams already qualified for the TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS are Glenn Howard, Kevin Martin, Kevin Koe and Randy Ferbey on the men’s side, and Jennifer Jones, Shannon Kleibrink, Cheryl Bernard and Stefanie Lawton.
TSN’s acclaimed curling broadcast team returns for another season with Vic Rauter calling the action alongside analyst and Olympic gold medallist Linda Moore and analyst and former Brier champion Ray Turnbull. The trio is the most recognized and respected curling broadcast team in sports television.
In addition to curling news and highlights, TSN.ca will provide on-demand access to all of TSN’s curling coverage following the conclusion of each live television broadcast.
TSN’s broadcast schedule for the ROAD TO THE ROAR is as follows:
Thursday, Nov. 12
- Women’s A Final 3:30 p.m. ET on TSN
- Men’s A Final 9:30 p.m. ET on TSN
Friday, Nov. 13
- Women’s B Final 4 p.m. ET on TSN
- Men’s B Final 9:30 p.m. ET on TSN
Saturday, Nov. 14
- Men’s & Women’s C Semifinals 1 p.m. ET on TSN
- Men’s & Women’s C Semifinals 8 p.m. ET on TSN
Curling on TSN
TSN’s 2009-10 curling broadcast schedule features all draws including playoffs and finals from the TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS, the 2010 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS and the 2010 TIM HORTONS BRIER. TSN will broadcast playoff draws from the ROAD TO THE ROAR, the 2010 M&M MEAT SHOPS CANADIAN JUNIORS and the 2010 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP. TSN will also cover all of Team Canada’s draws throughout the 2010 WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP along with full playoff coverage.
Along with exclusive coverage of every Season of Champions event, TSN’s curling broadcast schedule also includes live coverage of the third-annual CASINO RAMA CURLING SKINS GAME PRESENTED BY POKERSTARS.NET, as well as extensive curling coverage from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Official broadcaster of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and London 2012 Games of the Olympiad, TSN, a division of CTVglobemedia, is Canada’s Sports Leader and Canada’s most-watched specialty network. TSN’s comprehensive broadcast schedule features an exciting lineup of sports including NHL, IIHF, CFL, NFL, NBA, Blue Jays Baseball, Season of Champions Curling, Golf’s Majors, F1, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Grand Slam Tennis, Championship Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts events. TSN properties include TSN2, TSN MOBILE and the industry leading sports website TSN.ca. TSN delivers more sports coverage in High Definition than any other network in Canada.
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