{"id":3065,"date":"2018-02-10T10:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T10:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2018-02-10T10:28:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T10:28:25","slug":"canadian-men-dominate-slopestyle-snowboarding-in-pyeongchang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/canadian-men-dominate-slopestyle-snowboarding-in-pyeongchang","title":{"rendered":"Canadian men dominate slopestyle snowboarding in Pyeongchang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/max-parrot-in-action-at-pyeongchang2018.jpg\" alt=\"Max Parrot in action at PyeongChang 2018\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3120\" \/>Canadian men are off to a great start in the as snowboarding competition gets underway in Pyeongchang. One of the best runs of the day saw Max Parrot qualifying for the finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Bromont, Que, Parrot scored 87.36 points on his 2nd run and winning the 2nd heat. Mack Morris, who less than a year ago has a backcountry crash that seriously injured the snowboard, was in the top spot until Parrots scored put him down to second place with 86.83 points.<\/p>\n<p>The first heat saw L\u2019Assomption, Quebec\u2019s Sebastian Toutant score 78.01 points during his first attempt and North Bay\u2019s Tyler Nicholson 79.21 points saw him finish fifth. As the t<strong>op two heat scores advance for the final<\/strong>, it means Canada will be well-represented with great odds of earning a medal in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyeongchang2018.com\/en\/sports\/snowboard\">Olympic snowboarding<\/a> competition.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Canadian women, Stoneham, Quebec\u2019s Laurie Blouin had a nasty fall during training that will see her being re-evaluated by medical staff. Blouin is the reigning world champion has was training on Friday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/phoenixhnr.co.kr\/pyeongchang\/global\/en\/index\">Phoenix Snow Park<\/a> when landing a double jump her board became stuck in a crack and resulted in the boarder suffering minor injuries from the hard fall.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"other-olympic-news\">Other Olympic News<\/h3>\n<p>As curling got underway, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LKLawes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Kaitlyn Lawes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/olympic.ca\/team-canada\/john-morris\/\">John Morris<\/a> are sitting in first in the round robin standings after finishing Switzerland\u2019s Martin Rios and Jenny Perrett 7-2 after six ends and seeing the fourth straight win for the duo.<\/p>\n<p>Lawes and Morris were up 6-2 after five ends, and after Perret and Rios saw their rock go out on the last throw, it resulted in the win for Canada after the Swedes called the game.<\/p>\n<p>As for Canada\u2019s Olympic hockey hopes, it was <strong>announced that Chris Kelly would take on the Captains position<\/strong> for Canada\u2019s Pyeongchang Winter Olympic team. Kelly played 833 games in the NHL and was on the Boston Bruins team in 2011 when they won the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Last season saw Kelly joining the Senators for 82 games before moving onto the AHL this season and thereby making him eligible for the Olympic roster. Derek Roy, Andrew Ebbett, Derek Roy and Rene Bourque will be rotating alternate captains. Maxim Noreau <strong>also will play a leadership role on the team<\/strong> says Hockey Canada but not have an \u201cA\u201d on his jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada w<strong>as set to hit the ice for a practice session on Thursday<\/strong> but failed to arrive in time due to their Riga, Latvia flight being delayed. Once landed, it saw the team on a hectic schedule of being outfitted with uniforms and other Olympic gear, checking into the Olympic village, and having pictures taken for media and family. Then the team was off to get a briefing on being precautious due to the outbreak of norovirus and then were off to the rink.<\/p>\n<p>Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/yuna-kim-officially-opens-the-2018-winter-games-lighting-the-olympic-cauldron\">opening ceromonies are concluded <\/a>, Canada will play Switzerland in its first game on the 15th as they start their quest for a third Olympic Gold medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian men are off to a great start in the as snowboarding competition gets underway in Pyeongchang. One of the best runs of the day saw Max Parrot qualifying for the finals on Saturday. Hailing from Bromont, Que, Parrot scored 87.36 points on his 2nd run and winning the 2nd heat. 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