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"The game was delayed by 45 minutes due to an ice problem caused by Laycock smacking his broom into the ice. He will be fined by Curling Canada for the incident."
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Note: the incident happened on Sheet B, while the TV feature was initially on Sheet C. You can hear the broom smack, and see occasional glimpses of what was happening on Sheet B.
2:33 Laycock & Cotter call line (sound only).
2:43 Broom smash (sound only).
2:45 David Mathers looks towards Sheet B on his left (video right).
(Look at the upper right corner of the video)
2:53 Players on Sheet B inspects ice.
3:05 Officials come to Sheet B.
3:12 Ice technician carries equipment to Sheet B.
3:20 Sheet B players waiting at coach's bench while ice is being repaired.
3:46 Gauthier reports the incident.
7:07 TV feature switches to Sheet B.
9:13 Last shot
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Fun fact #1: in the 2003 Canadian Juniors final, Laycock (SK) beat Moulding (AB) and went on to win the World.
Fun fact #2: in the 2018 Canadian Open GSOC, Laycock substituted in for Brendan and skipped Team Bottcher to quarterfinals.

[@wl03bu]

Great coverage. I didn't notice these things happening in the periphery of the feature game.

[@blackrose-dv1ug]

You never see Brendan react like that after a win. Must’ve been seething until the last shot.

[@shawncharles9980]

Agreed. That may be the most emotion I've ever seen out of the guy. I really like Steve Laycock but I'm glad to hear that Curling Canada is issuing him a fine for this incident. He obviously didn't intend to damage the ice but there has to be consequences when things like this happen.

[@zzz7zzz9]

@@shawncharles9980 oh whaaa. It was ice, not another player.

[@rodneyhickman825]

People are always slamming brooms . Just rarely results in ice damage .

[@craigschoen6376]

WTH is Laycock doing.
Poor sportsmanship or what.
He should be fined.
Being an I.T. , I hate how some curlers disrespect the ice

[@chelsm90]

Showing emotion and being a human as a very frustrated stressed athlete

[@christopherspencer8110]

The most essential part of curling is honour: if there isn’t respect for the spirit of the game, it can’t be played. A monetary fine afterward might be appropriate but Laycock’s poor decision could have changed the result in his favour. There needs to be an immediate remedy, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of sorts for reckless endangerment of the ice. An option could be a one-minute reduction in thinking time for every 10 minutes it takes to repair the damage.

[@zzz7zzz9]

"Reckless endangerment of the ice"?????? Is your name Karen?

[@shawncharles9980]

@@zzz7zzz9 You seem to not care about the ice. Do you curl?

[@zzz7zzz9]

@@shawncharles9980 you seem to be applying human traits to the ice.

[@shawncharles9980]

@@zzz7zzz9 Not sure what makes you think that. A lot of people care about the Mona Lisa, but I doubt that they think she's an actual person..... Good ice conditions are integral to being able to play the game at a high level. A 40 minute delay can result in changes to the ice surface and Team Bottcher appeared to be effected by that. Laycock was responsible for that delay and, even though I'm certain he didn't intend to damage the ice, their needed to be consequences for his actions.

[@zzz7zzz9]

@@shawncharles9980 a hockey player doesn't get fined for 'harming the ice surface'. The ref patches it up with some slush and packs it down with the puck. Is it like it was? Hell no. But they get on with it and continue. If they wanted to 'punish' him still, they should have made him sit out an end, or even the rest of the game, and had the sub replace him. A fine?? These guys don't have salaries from curling.

[@sniperdude12a]

Was that it at 2:42?

[@CurlingClips]

Yep, sound only. Read description.