Tyler Klymchuk鈥檚 sa国际传媒 rink placed itself into a precarious position with a pair of Monday defeats at the 2013 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta.
The provincial champions 鈥� with third Corey Chester and second Sanjay Bowry of the Victoria Curling Centre, and lead Rhys Gamache 鈥� experienced its first hiccup in a 9-4 loss in nine ends to Saskatchewan鈥檚 Brady Scharback in the afternoon.
Team sa国际传媒 then gave up a steal of one in the 10th end to lose 5-4 to P.E.I.鈥檚 Daniel Murray in the nightcap, falling to 3-2 in the standings.
The Klymchuk rink 鈥� a split team from Langley and the VCC with coach Todd Troyer (also of Victoria) 鈥� faces Alberta鈥檚 Thomas Scoffin in its last round-robin game tonight.
Against Saskatchewan, Klymchuk gave up two in the eighth end and allowed a steal of two more in the ninth before shaking hands.
The two losses cluttered up the standings in Pool A. Ontario鈥檚 Aaron Squires leads the way at 4-1, thanks to an 8-7 win in an extra end over Scharback in the evening. Saskatchewan is tied with sa国际传媒 at 3-2, behind Alberta鈥檚 3-1 log.
Will Mahoney of the Yukon is 2-3, along with Murray, and David Kakuktinniq of Nunavet is 0-5. The top four from the pool will advance to the championship round, beginning Wednesday.
Klymchuk could use a hand this afternoon from Alberta, which plays P.E.I., and Saskatchewan, which takes on the Yukon.
In junior women鈥檚 play, Corryn Brown of Kamloops hammered Alberta鈥檚 Karynn Flory 8-1 in eight ends to improve to 4-1 and stay at the top of Pool A standings.
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