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Paul Sauvé (curler)
Paul J. Sauvé (June 25, 1939 – April 2, 2020) was a Canadian curling, curler from Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario. Sauvé started curling in 1953. Earlier in his career he curled with his broth Yvon, who died of a heart attack at the age of 36. Sauvé was the coach and fifth man for Team Northern Ontario at the 2000 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship. The team, which was skipped by Tim Phillips (curler), Tim Phillips and included Sauvé's sons Roger Sauvé, Roger and Dan Sauvé, Dan finished with a 2–9 record. Sauvé threw just two stones at the event, in a game against Manitoba. He threw both rocks with a "stick", a device that allows curlers to push the rock from a standing position, rather than sliding. The device had just been legalized by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) for use in play at the Brier, making Sauvé the first curler to use it at the Brier. Personal life Sauvé was married to Claire Villeneuve (before she died) and Lillian Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called ''rocks'', across the ice ''curling sheet'' toward the ''house'', a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a ''game''; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. The player can induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
