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Source: Belated CBC News – June 18, 2007

Olympic icemakers named

Canadian icemaking gurus Hans Wuthrich and Dave Merklinger will be the technicians in charge of the curling sheets at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the World Curling Federation announced Monday.

Wuthrich, of Gimli, Man., is generally acknowledged as the best icemaker in the world. The 50-year-old has been behind many big events during his career, but admits nothing compares to the Olympics.

“I’ve done so many events, I don’t know the actual number,” said Wuthrich, who will serve as the head technician. “I started keeping track of them in 1993, after I did my first big one, the men’s worlds in Geneva in 1992.

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Wuthrich and Merklinger have worked together on more than 10 major curling events over the years, both overseas and across Canada.

Merklinger recently headed the ice crew at the 2007 Canadian men’s championship and the 2007 men’s world championship in Edmonton.

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Source: Belated CBC News - June 18, 2007

Olympic icemakers named

Canadian icemaking gurus Hans Wuthrich and Dave Merklinger will be the technicians in charge of the curling sheets at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the World Curling Federation announced Monday.

Wuthrich, of Gimli, Man., is generally acknowledged as the best icemaker in the world. The 50-year-old has been behind many big events during his career, but admits nothing compares to the Olympics.

“I’ve done so many events, I don’t know the actual number,” said Wuthrich, who will serve as the head technician. “I started keeping track of them in 1993, after I did my first big one, the men’s worlds in Geneva in 1992.

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Wuthrich and Merklinger have worked together on more than 10 major curling events over the years, both overseas and across Canada.

Merklinger recently headed the ice crew at the 2007 Canadian men’s championship and the 2007 men’s world championship in Edmonton.

>> Read the rest of the article

Copyright © CBC 2007

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From the Times Colonist ..

John Korobanik, CanWest News Service
Published: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

EDMONTON —Not so fast there, folks. The 2009 Olympic curling trials haven’t been handed to Edmonton just yet.

Despite a published report yesterday that the Canadian Curling Association had awarded the trials to Edmonton, Warren Hansen, the CCA’s man in charge of events, said that while there’s some truth to the report, “we’re a long ways from suggesting Edmonton is a slam dunk.”

Hansen is in Edmonton for negotiations about the possible use of Rexall Place for the event, which would take place in December 2009, just months before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He said a lot of loose ends still have to be settled, including negotiations with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers about use of Rexall Place and finding facilities for various other activities associated with the event.

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