Senior Men - Day 6 Update

St Paul, USA
April 22, 2011

Senior Men’s Semifinals
Canada v Australia
USA v Denmark
Semifinals – take place on Saturday morning (09:00 local)
Medal Games – Gold & Bronze – Saturday afternoon (14:00 local)
Senior Men’s Quarterfinals results:
GAME 1 – Canada 9, Scotland 3
GAME 2 – USA 6, New Zealand 2
GAME 3 – Switzerland 4, Denmark 5
GAME 4 – England 4, Australia 5

Senior Men’s Blue Group
1. USA 6-0 (qualified for quarterfinals)
2. England 4-2 (qualified for quarterfinals)
3. Scotland 5-2 (won quarterfinal qualification game against Germany)
4. Hungary 3-3
5. Japan 3-3
6. France 1-5
7. Netherlands 0-6

Senior Men’s Red Group
1. Canada 6-0 (qualified for quarterfinals)
2. Denmark 5-1 (qualified for quarterfinals)
3. Germany 4-3 (lost qualification game against Scotland)
4. Sweden 3-3
5. Finland 2-4
6. Czech Republic 1-5
7. Italy 0-6

Senior Men’s Green Group
1. Switzerland 6-0 (qualified for quarterfinals)
2. Australia 5-1 (qualified for quarterfinals)
3. New Zealand 4-2 (qualified for quarterfinals)
4. Ireland 3-3
5. Wales 2-4
6. Russia 1-5
7. Latvia 0-6

About the Quarterfinals:
At the end of the round-robin series, and any tiebreaker games (if required), there will be a clear ranking for 1st, 2nd and 3rd position in each group.
- The 1st and 2nd ranked Teams qualify for the quarterfinals on Friday evening (20:00 local)
- The 3rd ranked team with the best Draw Shot Challenge (DSC) result also qualifies
- The other two 3rd ranked Teams play a qualification game (Friday at 15:00 local) for the last quarterfinal spot.

QUARTERFINALS – Senior Men:
GAME 1 – Canada v winner of qualification game
GAME 2 – USA v New Zealand
GAME 3 – Switzerland v Denmark
GAME 4 – England v Australia

Semifinals – for Senior Men and Senior Women take place on Saturday morning (09:00 local)
Medal Games – Gold & Bronze – Saturday afternoon (14:00 local)

Flash Quotes from Players on Day 6

Ken Horton, Skip Team Scotland after winning the quarterfinal qualification game against Germany 6-3: “That was ok, the ice was a wee bit difficult first end and we got a march on them. The ice was very swingy and we were getting some draws in and they were trying to hit and found problems and it just worked our way. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t.”

Klaus Unterstab, Skip Team Germany: “We are very pleased to have got this rank now. But it was a little strange there with the ice. But the better team won. We didn’t get as quickly used to the ice as the Scottish. They managed it way better than we did.”