JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Kevin Martin’s Canadians faced an early deficit against the U.S., then fought right back to keep their Olympic unbeaten streak alive.
The favored Canada foursome (8-0) eliminated the Americans from contention with a shortened 7-2 victory in nine ends Monday. John Shuster’s U.S. team still has one more game Monday night against China in its final day of Olympic competition.
Martin already had secured the No. 1 seed into Thursday’s semifinals, but his team wasn’t nearly as sharp in this one. The Canadians had a bye for Monday night’s session before finishing the round-robin schedule Tuesday against China.