"I can appreciate the comedy," [David Grandeau] told the Times, but "it's not fair, not only to me but to the other employees that were there... I can't believe what I'm doing. I'm defending the curlers of the nation."

"I'm really excited," [Askin] said Sunday. "It's definitely a huge opportunity."

"We get to come back here next year and we're one of the (Olympics) Trials teams," added [Ferbey], a record six-time winner of the Brier. "It was a very, very big game for us. That's the first step in the process. That was one of our goals and we've done that."