By Gregory Strong - The Canadian Press

Koe’s Canada rink improves to 5-0 at world curling with easy win over Norway

Apr 1, 2019 | 10:36 PM

LETHBRIDGE —  Canada’s Kevin Koe needed only six ends to beat Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell 10-2 at the men’s world curling championship in Lethbridge on Monday.

Sweden’s Niklas Edin (4-0) is also unbeaten after defeating Germany 8-2 in the morning draw. Japan’s Yuta Matsumura improved to 4-0 after an 8-7 extra-end win over Jaap Van Dorp of the Netherlands.

Switzerland’s Peter De Cruz beat Van Dorp in the afternoon to sit at 4-0 after seven draws of round-robin play, which continues through Friday. American John Shuster was next at 3-1 after a 9-8 win over Scotland’s Bruce Mouat.

The six-team playoffs begin Saturday and the medal games are set for Sunday.