Episodes
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2026 Brier Preview
Matt Hall joins Kevin Palmer to preview the 2026 Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Matt explains the futures bets available at Coolbet.com including a wager on percentage of teams starting with hammer to win and how (and why) you might bet on Nunavut.
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2026 Olympic Curling Preview
Chelsea Carey, Matt Hall, Gerry Geurts and Ken Pomeroy join Kevin to preview curling at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina, Italy. The crew breakdown the teams and discuss whether new sweeping rules will have an impact. After covering the mens and womens fours, they wrap with a look at…
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CSI: 2025 Canada Curling Trials Men's Semifinal 10ED3
Matt Hames joins host Kevin Palmer in Halifax to break down the "bonkers" 10th end of the semifinal of the men's Canadian Curling Trials at Scotiabank Centre. The scenario: Matt Dunstone is up 8-5 and his opponent, Mike McEwen, has the hammer. Teams of this calibre simply do not come back from…
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2025 Canadian Curling Trials Preview
Two-time Scotties champion Chelsea Carey and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone join Kevin to preview the 2025 Montana's Curling Trials. They begin by explaining why the event title doesn't use the "O" word, then dive into the data and consider what it will take for someone to challenge Rachel Homan.…
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Masters Rules and 2025 Scotties Gambling Preview
Kevin, Gerry and Matt discuss the drafting process and rule changes at the recent WFG Masters Grand Slam. Matt shares how Team Kleiter prepared and reflects on situations impacted by the penalty of blanking two ends in a row. Then the crew previews the 2025 Canadian Women's Curling Championship…
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Scotties Gambling Preview
Host Kevin Palmer is joined by Gerry Geurts and Matt Hall for a gambler's preview of the 2024 Canadian Women's Curling Championship set to begin in Calgary, Alberta. Gerry projects a wide open field beyond the two favourites and Matt explains the futures bets available at Coolbet.com including…
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Optimum Strategy
Host Kevin Palmer is joined again by Ken Pomeroy, Gerry Geurts and Matt Hall. Ken updates the gang on team rankings and his latest development, Task Manager. The crew looks at the no-tick rule, discusses whether it has adjusted teams' tactics approaching the final end, and examines the results....
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CSI: 2022 PointsBet Invitational Semifinal E6D1
Doug Wilson of the Daily Curling Puzzle Facebook page and Mickey Pendergast, co-authors of What's Your Call?, return to examine a Curling Scene Investigation from the 2022 PointsBet Invitational. Brad Gushue has to decide on a call for Mark Nichols' first shot of the sixth end. The PointsBet rule...
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CSI: 2019 World Womens Championship Draw 15 TE1
Doug Wilson and Mickey Pendergast join to discuss their new book, What's Your Call? Curling Strategy & Tactics in 50 Real-Life Puzzles. They share an example from the book of a Curling Scene Investigation—an early-end decision by Canada (Chelsea Carey) against Switzerland (Silvana Tirinzoni) in...
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New Rules
Kevin hosts Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com, Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone and 2019 World Junior Champion and Coolbet.com handicapper Matt Hall. They examine the recent rule change by the World Curling Federation to hinder the tick-shot, ponder if drawing to the button over playing an extra is more...
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CSI: 2019 Brier Draw 1 TE2
Doug Wilson and Mickey Pendergast return to discuss Daily Curling Puzzle #70. Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs has the hammer (last rock advantage) and is tied against Brendan Bottcher of Alberta in the second end of Draw 1 at the 2019 Brier. Brad is about to throw his first stone and may be in...
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CSI: 2004 Brier Final D2E10
Reigning Alberta Senior Men's Champions James Pahl and Mark Klinck join Kevin to examine what happened in the infamous 2004 Brier Final between Alberta's Ferbey Four and Mark Dacey's Team Nova Scotia. Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and graphics.
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Shooting Percentage
Kevin hosts Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com, Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone and 2019 World Junior Champion and Coolbet.com handicapper Matt Hall. The crew discuss shooting percentages; how they are calculated, what value they have and how they might be improved, including Ken's article on a potential...
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CSI: 2018 Olympics Mens Semifinal TE8
2018 Olympic champion Tyler George, now a roving U.S. curling ambassador and NBC commentator, joins former NFL all-pro Jared Allen who is in his fourth year as a curling competitor. They discuss the eighth end of the 2018 Olympic men's semifinal between George's Team John Shuster, and Canada's…
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Gambling
Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone return with host Kevin Palmer. They are joined by 2019 World Junior Champion Matt Hall, now working for gambling site Coolbet.com. Matt explains how to handicap curling and the crew share their picks for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling...
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CSI: Brier Draw 19 D1E9
New York Times bestselling author Shane Ryan (Slaying The Tiger) and writer, standup comedian and 2012 U.S. champion Dean Gemmell join Kevin to examine the 9th end between Kevin Koe and Brendan Bottcher in their pool match-up at the 2021 Brier. Shane also suggests a rule change to make teams earn…
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CSI: 2013 Canada Men's Olympic Trials Final D1E9
Olympic silver medalists Mike Harris and Richard Hart rejoin Kevin to watch the 9th end of the 2013 Canadian Curling Trials final between John Morris and Brad Jacobs. Without hammer and trailing by one, Morris must decide where Jim Cotter should attempt to place their final stone. Link to The...
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CSI: 2009 World Men's Championship Final TLE
James Pahl and Mark Klinck rewatch Kevin Martin's first stone in the final end of the 2009 Men's World Championship. Canada is tied with hammer against Scotland's David Murdoch and poised to win back-to-back titles. What could go wrong? Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and...
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CSI: 2021 Scotties Tiebreaker U2LE
New York Time's bestselling author of Slaying The Tiger Shane Ryan joins writer, stand-up and 2012 U.S. National Champion Dean Gemmell to examine the final end from the 2021 Scotties Tiebreaker between Manitoba's Jennifer Jones and Laura Walker of Alberta. You can read Shane's article on curling…
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The Tick Shot
Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com, Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone and skip of Team Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson join Kevin to discuss the evolution of the Tick Shot. They examine the impact it has on strategy and how it may bring future changes to the sport.
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CSI: 2016 Brier Final U1E7
Doug Wilson and Mickey Pendergast return to discuss Daily Curling Puzzle #51. Alberta's Kevin Koe has hammer and is ahead by 1 over Brad Gushue of Newfoundland in the 7th end of the 2016 Brier Final. Alberta third Mark Kennedy is about to throw his first and every rock is still in play, what the...
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CSI: 1997 Canada Men's Olympic Trials Final TE9
Olympic silver medalists Mike Harris and Richard Hart join Kevin to revisit the ninth end of their 1997 Canadian Olympic Trials final against Kevin Martin. Tied with hammer, Harris is in position to score but Martin third Don Walchuk makes a big runback with his first and when the dust settles,...
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How Many Ends?
Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone return with host Kevin Palmer. They are joined by skip of Team Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson to debate whether games should be 8 or 10 ends. Ken's article on the topic can be found on his curling blog doubletakeout.com. Kevin provided past...
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CSI: The Power Play
Jonathan Havercroft and Ryan McGhee of Rocks Across The Pond Podcast join Kevin to discuss how a Power Play is used in the Mixed Doubles Final of the 2018 World Cup event in Omaha, Nebraska. Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and graphics, and watch the entire game on YouTube.
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CSI: 1995 Brier Semi-final D1E2
James Pahl and Mark Klinck join Kevin and go back nearly 26 years to the second end of the Brier semi-final between Alberta's Kevin Martin and Kerry Burtnyk of Manitoba. James was second for Team Alberta and shares his memories of the situation. Link to The Curling News to follow along with video...
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CSI: 2017 World Men's Final U2LE
Mickey Pendergast and Doug Wilson join Kevin for a Curling Scene Investigation from the 10th end of the 2017 world men's final between Canada's Brad Gushue and Niklas Edin of Sweden. U2LE means "Up Two, Last End". Link to The Curling News to follow along with video and graphics.
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Examining Curling From A Different Angle
The inaugural episode of a new podcast on curling analytics, produced by the host of Curling Legends. Kevin Palmer is joined by Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com and Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone to discuss how curling teams are ranked. Ken comes from the world of basketball analytics and his team rankings...
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