Colin Kurz’s Winnipeg rink and Brent MacDougall’s Nova Scotia team remained unbeaten atop Pool B after Monday’s play at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship at the West Prince Curling Club in Prince Edward Island.

Both teams improved to 2-0, according to Canadian Press reporting published by CBC.

Kurz, representing the Deer Lodge Curling Club alongside third Meghan Walter, second Brendan Bilawka and lead Mackenzie Elias, defeated Yukon’s Scott Williamson 8-4. The Winnipeg team opened with three points in the first end and added two in the third after conceding a deuce in the second. A steal of two in the sixth extended its lead to 8-3.

MacDougall beat Joshua Miki’s White Rock, B.C., team 7-5 in the evening draw, following a 7-4 victory over the Northwest Territories in Sunday’s opener.

Miki and Moncton, N.B.’s Sylvie Quillian finished Monday at 2-1. Quillian lost 6-3 to Miki in the afternoon before rebounding with a 14-1 win over Betti Delorey’s Northwest Territories team.

In Pool A, Quebec’s Felix Asselin was the only unbeaten skip at 2-0. Saskatchewan and Scott Eaton’s Newfoundland and Labrador team were close behind at 2-1.

Alberta’s Andrew Hodgson and Northern Ontario’s Bryan Burgess stood at 1-1, while Corey Heggestad’s Ontario team was 1-2 and Peter Mackey’s Nunavut rink was 0-3. In the late draw, Alberta edged Ontario 6-5 and Newfoundland and Labrador beat Nunavut 6-4.

Three draws are scheduled for Tuesday, with the medal games set for Saturday.

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