The US Open in Utica, NY, features three US based teams and four visiting Canadian club teams.
Team USA are searching for a replacement for Patrick McDonald, and expect to experiemnt with line-ups over the weekend. For the two Friday draws Goose Perez skipped USA 1 and his regular vice-skip Jim Pierce skipped USA 2.
They faced each other in the opening draw, and USA 2 got off to a promising start when they stole a point in the opening end, but lost 10-4.
Toronto beat Cape Cod 9 - 2. It was Cape Cod's first competitive game away from home ice. Ken Gregory's Bradford saw off the challenge of their province's champions, Bruce Cameron's Ottawa.
USA 1 * 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 10
USA 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Quebec had a bye. Here are the line scores from the other morning games.
Toronto * 1 4 0 0 2 1 1 X 9
Cape Cod 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2
Bradford * 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Ottawa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
In the afternoon USA 1 only managed a 5-5 tie with Bradford, while Ottawa with a steal of 2 in the second, closed out a 7-4 win over USA 2 with another pair in the final end.
Quebec opened their account by hammering Toronto with a 4 in the 1st end. They added 8 points in the final two ends for a 15-6 win.
Bradford * 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 5
USA 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
Ottawa * 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
USA 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
Quebec * 4 0 3 0 0 3 5 X 15
Toronto 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 X 6
Ice conditions are reportedly good, with 4 feet of curl on a t-line draw.
Technical problems interfered with the live webcast Friday, but organisers hope that future games featuring USA 1 will be available HERE.
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