Can you spell C-H-O-K-E? Randy Ferbey and his rink from the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton had history in his hands, but he dropped it and smashed it to pieces. In what has to be considered one of the biggest collapses in Brier history, Ferbey gave up 6 points in the last 3 ends to lose the championship 9-8. Leading 8-4 in the eighth end, Dave Nedohin (throwing skips rocks) missed his first shot and allowed Mark Dacey of Nova Scotia to score 3 points to close within one at 8-7. After collecting a point in the nineth end, the Ferbey rink just had to keep a clean sheet to collect a piece of Brier history and go down as the greatest team of all time. Instead it was Dacey and his crew who dug deep to control the end. With Nova Scotia lying 2 and Nedohin having a rock left to play, Ferbey decided to try a difficult freeze to one of the Nova Scotia rocks. I sat at home looking at the shot wondering why he would throw that shot. While I agree that if the freeze was perfect they would cut Dacey out of scoring anymore than 1 point, I thought the smart shot was to play the tap back on the same rock he was freezing to. At least by knocking the red Nova Scotia rock back the best Dacey could do was score 2 points and tie the game. That would have given Ferbey the last rock in the extra end. The freeze looked like a tougher shot and had to be perfect. A little outside or a little heavy with the weight and the rock would not freeze properly. It appeared that Dave Nedohin threw that last rock slightly outside and slightly heavy resulting in the rock corner tapping the Nova Scotai rock and rolling away. This left Dacey with a free draw to the four foot and the championship. A job well done by Nova Scotia. Both teams lost only 2 games all week, Alberta losing both of theirs to Nova Scotia. Dacey now travels to the worlds where he will try to bring home the third straight Men's Championship for Canada.