New Brunswick's Russ Howard6-5 at 2009 Tim Hortons Brier

New Brunswick's Russ Howard finished 6-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, New Brunswick's Russ Howard lost 7-4 to Alberta's Kevin Martin, then responded with a 9-4 win over Saskatchewan's Joel Jordison. New Brunswick's Russ Howard went on to lose 10-3 against Quebec's Jean-Michel Menard. New Brunswick's Russ Howard responded with a 10-7 win over Nova Scotia's Mark Dacey. New Brunswick's Russ Howard won 9-6 against Northern Ontario's Mike Jakubo. New Brunswick's Russ Howard went on to lose 7-2 against Ontario's Glenn Howard. New Brunswick's Russ Howard responded with a 5-4 win over Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton. New Brunswick's Russ Howard went on to lose 8-5 against Newfoundland / Labrador's Brad Gushue. New Brunswick's Russ Howard responded with a 7-4 win over Prince Edward Island's Rod MacDonald. New Brunswick's Russ Howard won 11-4 against Yukon/N.W.T.'s Jamie Koe. New Brunswick's Russ Howard went on to lose 5-4 against British Columbia's Sean Geall in their final qualifying round match.

New Brunswick's Russ Howard earned 12.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week of the event schedule, New Brunswick's Russ Howard did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. New Brunswick's Russ Howard ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.