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ARCHERY
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	James Wiebe (867-334-8934)

BADMINTON
Competition 1	Singles - Men's Finals
Results	Mathieu Laforest(QC) Chris Lee(BC) Richard Liang(BC)
Highlights	Mathieu Laforest (QC) won his first gold medal defeating Chris Lee (BC). He won his second medal in the mens doubles, with his brother Francis Laforest, against Justin Mullaly and Broody Hilland from Alberta.
Competition 2	Singles - Women's Finals
Results	Jocelyn Ko(ON) Jennifer Lam(ON) Isabelle Mercier-Dalphond(QC)
Highlights	Jocelyn Ko (ON) also won 2 gold medals. She defeated one of her teamates from Ontario; Jennifer Lam. Jocelyn, with her sister Stephanie, won the gold medal in the ladies doubles against Melodie Liang and Alice Man(BC)
Competiton 3	Doubles - Men's Finals
Results	Francis Laforest -Mathieu Laforest (QC) Justin Mullay - Broody Hilland (AB) Toby Ng - Alvin Lau (BC)
Competition 4	Doubles - Women's Finals
Results	Stephanie Ko - Jocelyn Ko (ON) Melodie Liang - Alice Man (BC) Isabelle Mercier Dalphond- Isabelle Lavoie(QC)
Competition 5	Mixed Doubles - Finals
Results	Toby Ng - Melodie Liang (BC) Alvin Lau - Charmaine Yeung(BC) Tim Ma - Phyllis Chan (BC)
Highlights	British-Columbia is dominating the mixed doubles by taking home the 3 medals of this event.
Athletes to Watch	Jocelyn Ko (Ontario) - Jocelyn will be one of the athletes to watch for in the team competition because she's already won 2 gold medals in the individual tournament. Mathieu Laforest (Quebec) -
	Mathieu Laforest (QC) said : ''I'm very happy to have won my fourth Canada Winter Games gold medal, especially the one I just won with my younger brother Francis.''
Next Competition	The team event is starting up tomorow and all the provinces will be playing
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Val St - Jacques (867- 334-8938)

BIATHLON
Competition 1	Junior Men's 10 km Sprint Finals
Results	Tyson Smith, AB 32:45.5 Yannick Letailleur, AB 33:20.7 Marc-André Bédard, QC 34:48.5
Highlights	AB and QC stole the show with AB taking the top 2 in the men's category and first place in the women's. Rosanna Crawford won the competition with a one minute lead over second place Jessica Sedlock from BC. Crawford, sister of cross country ski sprint Olympic Gold medallist Chandra Crawford had 2 penalties on the shooting range but was still able to ski her penalty loops quickly enough to keep the lead. Tyson Smith and Yannick Letailleur battled it out for much of the competition each having 2 penalties on the shooting range. The competition went off smoothly despite the cold weather. The temperature was within the legal limits of our sport and the courses were shortened slightly to reduce the time that the athletes were on the trail. Competition start time was adjusted to take advantage of the warmest part of the day.
Next Competition	Junior Men's/Women's Zeroing and 15/12.5 km Individual
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Joanne Thomson (867-334-8941)

CURLING
Competition 1	Women's Draw 1 - Alberta vs. Yukon
Results	AB 12, NU 1
Highlights	Team Yukon came out strong against Alberta, taking a 4-0 leading after 3 ends. Team Alberta rallied and scored 2 in the 4th end and then had 5 consecutive steals to take a 11-4 lead on the hometown team. Yukon scored a single in the 10th end for a 11-5 final in Alberta's favour. When asked how her team was playing, Nadine Chyz, skip of Team Alberta said, 'We started slow but got used to the ice and picked up our game. We were able to maintain our focus and pulled off the win.'
Competition 2	Women's Draw 1 - British Columbia vs. Saskatchewan
Results	BC 7, SK 1
Highlights	The game was 2-1 for Team BC heading into the 5th end break. Team BC score their duce in the 6th and then went onto steal a single in the 7th, 8th and 9th end.
Competition 3	Women's Draw 2 - Ontario vs. New Brunswick
Results	NB 3, ON 10
Highlights	Team New Brunswick (NB) started off the scoring with a single in the 2nd end. Team Ontario (ON) followed suit by scoring 1 in the 3rd to tie the game at 1-1. Heading into the 5th end break the score was even at 2-2. After the break Team ON scored 1 in the 6th and then went on to steal the next 8 points ending the game after 9 ends with a 10-3 final.
Competition 4	Women's Draw 2 - Prince Edward Island vs. Newfoundland
Results	NL 8, PE 6
Highlights	Team Newfoundland scored two points in the final end to win the game. Coming home tied 6-6, Team NL's skip Jen Cunningham made a double takeout on two rocks frozen in the back four foot to score 2 points to win the game. Team NL called a timeout before Cunningham's last shot. 'We were looking at playing to the backing,' said Cunningham, 'but after discussing it with our coach, Gary Oke, we decided the hit was the shot to play.' The was the first game the Newfoundland Labrador foursome has played together. Cheryl Norman was added to the squad following the Newfoundland Labrador victory at the M&M Junior Canadian Championships, in which Julie Devereaux is a member of the team. Julie Devereaux was slotted to play skip on Team NL but after her victory at the Canadian Championships she is off to the Junior World Championships which start on Saturday, March 3, 2007.
Competition 5	Women's Draw 2 - Northwest Territories vs. Manitoba
Results	NWT 4, MB 11
Highlights	Team Manitoba controlled the game by scoring multiple points; 3 in the 3rd end, 4 in the 6th and then another 3 in the 9th.
Competition 6	Women's Draw 2 - Quebec vs. British Columbia
Results	QUE 7, BC 5
Highlights	Team BC was down 1 point with the hammer playing the final end of the game. Facing 2 Quebec rocks on the 4 foot; 1 top 4 foot and 1 back 4; BC had to play a tap to try and score 1 to force the game into an extra end. BC's rock made contact with the rock on the top 4 foot, but it did not have enough weight to remove both stones and left Team Quebec counting 2. Russ Howard, Olympic Gold Medalist in curling from the 2006 Torino Olympics will be at Mt. McIntyre Recreational Centre to watch the curling an in particular his daughter, Ashley Howard, skip of Team New Brunswick.
Competition 7	Women's Draw 2 - Nova Scotia vs. Saskatchewan
Results	NS 3, SK 9
Highlights	After 4 ends the game was tied 1-1. Team Saskatchewan scored 2 in the 5th end and stole 2 in the 6th end to take a 5-1 lead over Team NS. Nova Scotia score a single in the 7th and then stole 1 in the 8th and then turned around to give up 4 points to Team Saskatchewan in the 9th end to end the game
Competition 8	Women's Draw 2 - Alberta vs. Nunavut
Results	Team NS. AB 11, YK 5
Highlights	In their first game of the Games, Team Nova Scotia (NS) came out strong. After scoring 3 points in the first end, Team NS went on to steal the next three ends scoring 7 points. Team Nunavut (NU) got on the board in the 5th end with a single point. "I feel alright about the loss,' said Team Nunavut skip Teresa Tufts. 'This is our first Canada Games and we are playing our best. Our goal is to improve with every game we play.' Team NS game out strong after the 5th end break and scored another 2 points. Team Nunavut conceded after 6 ends. 'We had a slow start but by the end of the game we had picked up our play. We should have a good week if we keep playing the way we did in game one.' said Katie Lines, skip of
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Karen Ouellette (867- 334-8945)

FREESTYLE SKIING
Competition 1	Men's Finals (Moguls)
Results	Cédric Rochon, QC Marc-Antoine Gagnon, QC Tim Corsby, BC
Highlights	Cédric Rochon ruled the Men's contest but all of the other guys gave him a run for his money. It was cold outside but the competition was smoking hot!! Thanks to everyone for a great day!!
Competition 2	Women's Finals (Moguls)
Results
Highlights	The Women's competition. Sarah Hogg roared back from a tough qualification round to grab the bronze medal. Chlo‚ Dufour-Lapointe ruled the podium by winning both the Qualification and the Final.
Next Competition	Men's/Women's Aerials on Day 5.
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	John Pomeroy (867- 334-8963

ICE HOCKEY
Competition 1	Men's Preliminary - Nova Scotia vs. Quebec
Results	QC 4, NS 1
Highlights	Kirk Rafuse of Team Nova Scotia kept his team in the game but Team Quebec proved too strong, firing 52 shots on Rafuse in a 4-1 victory. Quebec spread the scoring around, with Gabriel Dumont, Dave Labreque, Alexandre N‚ron and Jordan Caron getting singles. Team Nova Scotia's Brett Frazee was part of a game highlight when he was hit by a member of Team Quebec into the glass, shattering one of the panes. Frazee, who was shaken up on the play, is OK.
Competition 2	Men's Preliminary - Ontario vs. Manitoba
Results	ON 5, MB 2
Highlights	Steve Stamkos continues to be the story of these Canada Winter Games when it comes to men's hockey. Stamkos scored two goals and added an assist to lead Ontario the win. Cody Hodgson made a nice feed to Stamkos, who one-timed home his second goal of the game for the play of the game.
Competiton 3	Men'sPreliminary - Alberta vs. Northwest Territories
Results	AB 17, NWT 0
Highlights	Steele Boomer, Jordan Eberle and Kevin King each scored three goals and combined for 17 points. Team Alberta was simply too dominant. Team NWT goaltender Michael Taylor faced 106 shots - you read that right - in the loss. He made 89 saves.
Competition 4	Men's Preliminary - New Brunswick vs. Newfoundland
Results	NB 8, NL 5
Highlights	The highlight of this one was the emotion shown by everyone involved - players, coaches and fans. You could sense the importance of this game to both teams, who know a lot about one another and wanted badly to win this one. Kelsey Tessier, who plays with Patrice Cormier and Devon MacAusland, set up five goals to lead his team.
Athletes to Watch	Michael Taylor (NWT) Kevin King (AB) Kelsey Tessier (NB) Luke Adam (NL)
Next Competition	Men's Relegation Round and Quarterfinals on Day 5.
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Chris Jurewicz (867- 334-8949)

RINGETTE
Competition 1	Preliminary Round- Quebec vs. Ontario
Results	ON 5 QC 3
Highlights	Ontario and Quebec put on an impressive game; with Ontario coming away with a 5-3 win. Bryanna Kelly (Beamsville) continues to be a strong scorer for Ontario and picked up a pair of goals and an assist. Jessica Pepper (Laval) and Marilyne Bedard (St. Constant) each posted a goal and an assist for Quebec.
Competition 2	Preliminary Round - Manitoba vs. New Brunswick
Results	MB 9 NB 3
Highlights	Kayla Krentz (Steinbach), Julie Devries (Winnipeg), Kylie Friesen (Steinbach) and Chantal Freynet (St. Adolphe) all picked up three points in the game for Manitoba. Vanessa Girouard (Dieppe) made some impressive saves for New Brunswick when she faced 60 shots on net.
Competition 3	Preliminary Round- Alberta vs. Saskatchewan
Results	AB 4 SK 2
Highlights	Terri Livingstone (Saskatoon) opened the scoring for Saskatchewan, with an assist from Bryanna King (White City) and Sierra Gale (Regina). King also posted Saskatchewan's second goal. It was easy to see why Jennifer Hartley (Balzac) recently earned a spot on Team Canada as the Alberta center continued her scoring streak, picking up two goals in the game. Dailyn Bell (Lacombe) picked up a pair of assists for Alberta.
Competition 4	Preliminary Round- British Columbia vs. Nova Scotia
Results	BC 5 NS 3
Highlights	In the last game of the day, British Columbia downed Nova Scotia 5-3. BC's Danielle Krusel (Langley) picked up two goals and an assist in the game, while Nicole Boyd (Halifax) posted two goals for Nova Scotia.
Athletes to Watch	Danielle Krusel (Langley, BC) Kayla Krentz (Steinbach), Julie Devries (Winnipeg), Kylie Friesen (Steinbach) and Chantal Freynet (St. Adolphe) all picked up three points in the game for Manitoba. Vanessa Girouard (Dieppe) made some impressive saves for New Brunswick when she faced 60 shots on net. Jennifer Hartley (Balzac, AB) - has scored 12 points in round-robin play (in 3 games) Kelsey Gerwing (Calgary, AB) - has scored 9 points in round-robin play (in 3 games)
Next Competition	After a 8:30 am seeding game tomorrow, quarterfinals will begin and take place as follows: 9:00 a.m. - BC vs. MB 11:00 a.m. - SK vs. QC 11:00 am - NS vs. AB 1:30 pm - Winner of PEI vs. NB (at 8:30 am) vs. ON The BC vs. MB and SK vs. QC will be interesting games to watch.
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Alayne Martell-Crocker (867- 334-8956)

LONG TRACK SPEEDSKATING
Competition 1	Men's 1500 m
Results	Keith Sulzer, AB, 2:08.68 Lucas Duffield, AB, 2:10.11 Spencer Zettler, ON, 2:11.71
Highlights	The 1500 men's event saw Spencer Zettler paired with fellow Ontario team mate Patrick Marsh. Racing in the last pair of the distance, they battled back and forth with Spencer edging Patrick by .24 seconds. When asked about the race Spencer simply said, ' I look up to him as a great skater. Having being paired with him pushed me the entire way'. In an exciting race between the eventual Gold medal winner of the 1500m event, Keith Sultzer (AB) skated extemely hard against Clovis Cameron Auger (QC). With only one corner left to attack, Clovis went down while Keith carried on to an eventual first place finish. Keith was disappointed as they both had an exceptional race going. ' We have been skating against each other since we were 12 and it would have been great to get to the finish line together' Clovis ended in 30th place overall in the distance.
Competition 2	Women's 1000 m Final
Results	Marie-Pier Gervais-Moreau, QC, 1:33.00 Shayla Heidinger, MB,1:33.27 Madeline Martin, ON, 1:33.91
Highlights	After falling in her first race of the Games, Shayla Heidinger(MB) overcame her disappointment by winning silver in the ladies 1000m. 'I was upset by my 500m peformance and wanted to do well today. I was so close to a medal in the 1500 yesterday that I just decided that I was going for it!' Marie-Pier Gervais Moreau( QC) won her second medal of the Games winning the gold over Shayla Heidinger (MB). She beat Shayla by .27 seconds.
Competition 2	3000 m
	Clovis Cameron Auger,QC,4:32.41 Keith Sulzer, AB. 4:34.53 Kyle Gendron, MB, 4:37.51
	After falling in the 1500m earlier in the day, Clovis Auger (QC) skated with intensity and great determination. With a convincing win of over 2 seconds over Keith Sultzer(AB), he was finally able to stand on the podium to receive a Gold medal. Clovis and Keith were both considered favorites to represent Canada at the Junior Worlds in Innsbruck Austria this weekend. With disappointing overall finishes at the Junior World qualifier, both athletes were thrilled to get medals today.
Athletes to Watch	Keith Sultzer (Alberta) -After winning a gold and silver today, Keith will be going for his third. His a great long distance skater. Clovis Cameron Auger (Quebec) - After winnng the Gold today in the 3000m event, Clovis will be attacking the ice to try and secure a second gold medal. if he is paired with Keith Sulzer look for a potentially exciting finish.
Memorable Moment of the Day	After completing the 1500m event Keith Sulzer (AB)was asked how it felt. His surprising answer' if you can actually beleive it, I workerd up a sweat!' Lucas Duffield of Alberta, won the silver medal in men's 500 event. 'The 1500m race is one of the most demanding on the body. I felt that the cold actually helped me skate.....I couldn't feel my legs!' The skaters each have to do their longest distance of the Canada Games. The women do a 3000m while the men race a 5000m. If the weather is very cold, it will be very challenging for all skaters.
Next Competition	Men's/Women's 100 m and Team Pursuit on Day 6.
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Peggy Poole (867- 334-8972)

SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING
Competition 1	Men's1000 m Final
Results	Guillaume Blais-Dufour (QC) - 1 Vincent André (QC) - 2 Nicolas M Bean -3
Competition 2	Women's1000 m Final
Results	Marie-Pier Gervais-Moreau (QC) Gold Shayla Mae Heidinger (MB) Silver Maddie Stephanie Martin (ON)
Next Competition	Men's/Women's 1000 m on Day 6.
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Mylene Croteau (867- 334-8975)

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Competition 1	Figure Final
Results	Jo-Annie Fortin, QC, 75.801 Stephanie Leclair, QC, 75.353 Camille Bowness, QC ,75.237
Highlights	The Quebec Team had strong results in the figure competition at the Canada Games Center taking the Top 4 placing. The Quebec Coach and Team Manager, Nathalie Lagrange and Lynn Pich‚ were both very happy with the final results: 'The girls did really well; we were expecting excellent results but having six girls in the Top 10 is quite amazing. We are very proud of the team and we are looking forward for the solo event later tonight', said Lagrange after the results were released. Team Ontario placed two swimmers in 5th and 6th place followed by Team Saskatchewan in 7th and Team BC in 8th.
Athletes to Watch	Jo-Annie Fortin (QC) - Figure Winner competing in the Quebec Solo later tonight and Duet tomorrow. Stephanie Leclair (QC) - Figure Winner competing in the Quebec Duet tomorrom.
Next Competition	The soloists are now getting ready for the routine event being held tonight. The solo preliminaries are starting at 7pm (PST). Tomorrow the Figure competitions winners will be competing in Duet Prelims at 9:25am.
Sport Information Officer / Media Contact	Catherine Gosselin-Despres (867- 334-8982)