The 2010 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game

TSN Skins Game

The TSN Curling Skins Game is an annual curling bonspiel hosted by The Sports Network. "Skins" curling had been developed as a way to make curling more interesting on TV during the time before the free guard zone rule was implemented...

 on TSN

TSN

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was held on January 16th and 17th at the Casino Rama

Casino Rama

Casino Rama is a large casino, hotel and entertainment complex located on the reserve land of Chippewas of Rama First Nation, in the town of Rama, Ontario, Canada...

 Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario

Rama, Ontario

Rama is the Ontario, Canada home of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation and Casino Rama. The community sports complex is called the Mnjikaning Arena Sports Ki, which was the home arena of the Couchiching Terriers ice hockey team, once affiliated with the Barrie Colts. The Ramakings lacrosse team...

. The total purse for the event was CAD$

Canadian dollar

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100,000.

Four teams were invited to participate. They played one semi-final each on January 16th, with the winners playing in the final on January 17th.

Team Ferbey

Saville Sports Centre

Saville Sports Centre

The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....

, Edmonton, Alberta

• Fourth: Wayne Middaugh
  Wayne Middaugh
  Wayne Middaugh is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario.Middaugh is a two-time world champion, once as second for Russ Howard in 1993 and as a skip in 1998. He has participated and won in seven and participated in 11 Briers- in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994 as Russ Howard's second and in...
  
   (in place for David Nedohin
  David Nedohin
  David Nedohin is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. He throws fourth rocks for the Randy Ferbey rink.-Curling career:...
  
  )
• Skip: Randy Ferbey
  Randy Ferbey
  Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....
  
  
• Second: Scott Pfeifer
  Scott Pfeifer
  Scott Pfeifer is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park who plays out of the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton....
  
  
• Lead: Marcel Rocque
  Marcel Rocque
  Marcel Rocque is a Canadian curler home to the city of Edmonton, Alberta. He is a four-time winner of The Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time World Champion as the lead for the Randy Ferbey team...
  
  

Team Howard

Coldwater and District Curling Club, Coldwater, Ontario

• Skip: Glenn Howard
  Glenn Howard
  Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...
  
  
• Third: Richard Hart
  Richard Hart (curler)
  Richard Hart is a retired Canadian curler from Pickering, Ontario. With skip Glenn Howard, Hart has played in 8 straight Ontario Finals....
  
  
• Second: Brent Laing
  Brent Laing
  Brent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....
  
  
• Lead: Craig Savill
  Craig Savill
  Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....
  
  

Team Martin

Saville Sports Centre

Saville Sports Centre

The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....

, Edmonton, Alberta

• Skip: Kevin Martin
  Kevin Martin (curler)
  Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...
  
  
• Third: John Morris
  John Morris (curler)
  John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...
  
  
• Second: Marc Kennedy
  Marc Kennedy
  Marc Kennedy is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Edmonton, Alberta. Kennedy currently plays second for Kevin Martin....
  
  
• Lead: Ben Hebert
  Ben Hebert
  Ben Hebert is a Canadian curler, a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist, 2008 World Champion and two time Brier Champion from Calgary, Alberta...
  
  

Team Murdoch

Lockerbie Curling Club, Lockerbie

Lockerbie

Lockerbie is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census...

, Scotland

Scotland

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• Skip: David Murdoch
  David Murdoch
  David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:...
  
  
• Third: Ewan MacDonald
  Ewan MacDonald
  Ewan MacDonald is a Scottish curler. He currently plays third for David Murdoch.At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by Jeff Stoughton...
  
  
• Second: Pete Smith
  Peter Smith (curler)
  Peter "Pete" Smith is a Scottish curler. He plays second for David Murdoch.Smith started curling in 1979. He plays in second position and is right-handed. He has won many prizes in his career, but never featured on the Winter Olympics medal podium. Peter Smith is the tallest male curler at the...
  
  
• Lead: Euan Byers
  Euan Byers
  Euan Byers is a Scottish curler.Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed...
  
  

Draw to the button

Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin (curler)

Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 won the Draw Shot Challenge, receiving a bonus of $1,000.

Games

Semi-final dollar amounts

• 1st & 2nd end: $1000
• 3rd & 4th end: $1500
• 5th end: $2000
• 6th end: $3000
• 7th end: $4500
• 8th end: $6500

Ferbey vs. Howard

January 16, 1:00pm EST

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Howard	-	-	$	-	$	-	-	-	$7000
Ferbey	-	-	-	-	-	$	-	$	$14000

Martin vs. Murdoch

January 16, 8:00pm EST

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	*	Final
Martin	$	-	-	-	$	-	$	-	-	$7500
Murdoch	-	$	$	$	-	$	-	-	$	$13500

Final

January 17, 1:00pm EST

Final game dollar amounts

• 1st & 2nd end: $2000
• 3rd & 4th end: $3000
• 5th end: $4000
• 6th end: $6000
• 7th end: $9000
• 8th end: $13000

+ $15000 bonus for the winner

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ferbey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$0
Murdoch	$	$	-	-	$	$	-	$	$57,000