Third time not the charm for MAURO 

Canadian Press 
April 12, 2009 at 9:44 PM EDT 

Welland, ON. — It was a game for the ages. The second game of the Industrial Men's B flight Curling 
playoffs came down to the last rock in the 8th end to down 6-5 between CTFS Mauro Nuccitelli and the 
Remax guy.  Mauro, the defending B flight champion, was apparently in control with hammer but elected 
to throw his second last stone away to avoid a mess of rocks in the house. He then missed a pivotal 
draw that gave Remax a steal of one and an 7-6 victory. "Hell of a game," muttered Mauro as he came 
off the ice.  I'm not skipping any more" "They had us in a little trouble there — a lot of rocks in 
the four foot and theirs was in the middle," he added. "I had to hit my last one a little thicker. It was close. ." 

Mauro couldn't hide his disappointment of losing in front of a partisan crowd. 
"Never easy to lose especially when you have the hammer but they made the shots and got us in big trouble." 
"It was a bit of a gong show. It's disappointing not to come home with the gold medal. . . 
I guess it's better at a world final than an Olympic trial final. 
We'll have to regroup and bounce back next week." 
Mauro apparently had the game in hand after Remax was heavy with a draw in the eighth giving 
CTFS the chance to win on the final rock. 


Garth McQueen