John Shuster’s clutch shot in the eighth end set up the U.S. men’s curling team for a critical win over Switzerland as they progress toward the 2022 Winter Olympic playoffs.
In a back-and-forth game that saw both teams enter with a .500 record, the U.S. men’s curling team got the 7-4 win over Switzerland. American skipamazing eighth end proved to be the decider in a game that seriously aided their chances for the semifinal.
After the Swiss were only able to score one in the first end, the U.S. responded in the second. With a biter already on the sheet, Shuster drew the hammer into a wide-open house to put the U.S. up 2-1. Switzerland chose to blank in the third rather than settle for a point but was forced to take one in the fourth anyway to tie it at 2.Chris PlysIn the sixth, the U.S. had a scoring stone with just the skips left to go, but the chance to steal was quickly neutralized byof Switzerland, who combined a takeout and a draw to get two points and put his team up 4-3.
With the hammer in tow for the seventh end, a takeout by Plys on his last stone had the U.S. sitting with four scoring stones alone in the house. After Shuster’s first attempt, the Swiss took a timeout knowing the game was potentially on the line. An amazing guard limited the damage but still left the Americans in a position to get two and regain a 5-4 lead.
Schwarz was able to draw in his first stone past a heavily guarded house to put the Swiss in position to score two in the eighth. However, Shuster played what might end up being the shot of the tournament, bouncing his off another American stone to then take out the Swiss scorer and set up a steal of one to go up 6-4.
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