Team Jacobs Advances to Tomorrow’s PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME Final Against Team Morris

BANFF, ALTA. (January 17, 2015) – The clash between Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games gold medallist Brad Jacobs and red-hot Mike McEwen in tonight’s PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME men’s semifinal #2 saw Team Jacobs come away with the victory and a trip to the men’s final. Jacobs led his Northern Ontario team of Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, and Ryan Harnden to four skins worth $12,500 in front of a sold-out crowd at The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre in beautiful Banff National Park. Team Jacobs will battle Team Morris in tomorrow’s (Sunday, Jan. 18) PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME men’s final at 8 p.m. ET on TSN. Team Morris also advanced to the final after defeating Team Koe in the men’s semifinal #1 held earlier today. The women’s final features Team Homan vs. Team Jones tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET on TSN.

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With last year’s winnings of $9,500, Jacobs’ career TSN skins game earnings now total $22,000. McEwen’s Manitoba team of B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, and Denni Neufeld – competing in their first ever TSN skins game – will take home $8,500 in winnings. Draw Summary Team Jacobs picked up the opening $1,000 skin to hit the board first. Team McEwen answered back, forcing a 2nd end carry-over and then pocketing two back-to-back skins totalling $4,000. Team Jacobs took control in the 4th and 5th ends, winning two consecutive skins worth $5,000 to boost them to the lead. Team McEwen picked up the $4,500 skin in the 7th end to take back the lead. Holding last rock in the 8th end, Jacobs had to draw the four-foot for his pair and, with Ryan Harnden and E.J. Harnden’s amazing scrub, they made the shot to win the $6,500 skin and make the men’s final. Curling on TSN As the official broadcaster of the Canadian Curling Association, TSN broadcasts more than 300 hours of live Season of Champions curling each year, including the TIM HORTONS BRIER and SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS, FORD WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP, WFG CONTINENTAL CUP, and M&M CANADIAN JUNIORS.