Team North America leads Team World 10.5 to 7.5 at Continental Cup
LONDON, Ont. — American skip John Shuster scored an 8-3 win in front of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for Team North America’s only victory Friday evening, giving his squad a 10.5 to 7.5 advantage in the race to 30.5 points at the Continental Cup.
“That was cool, man, really cool that your prime minister would show up for our curling event,” Shuster said after his victory and long after Trudeau had departed. “It’s a once in a lifetime chance to meet a country’s leader for the players on the bench.”
With Trudeau watching from the Team North America players’ bench, Shuster scored two in the first end and stole singles in the next three for a 5-0 lead they nursed home to victory.
“When you’re snowed in, why not check out the action on the ice? No flying out of London tonight, but we saw some great action instead at the #ContCup2018. Thanks @CurlingCanada for the welcome,” tweeted Trudeau.