Team NWT is off and running at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Kerry Galusha and her rink of Sarah Koltun, Margot Flemming, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Megan Koehler and coach Shona Barbour kicked off pool play on Saturday against Nova Scotia, which ended in a 7-5 defeat. They bounced back with two straight wins SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” over Ontario (8-5) on Jan. 30 and Yukon (13-4) on Jan. 31. They had two games scheduled on Tuesday SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” first versus Manitoba in the morning, which ended in an 8-6 win, and then against Quebec in the evening SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” before taking on Team Canada, the defending champions skipped by ManitobaSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Kerri Einarson, Feb. 1.
HereSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s some of the action from the opening two days of the national event.
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