According to a CBC feature, curling at the 2006 Winter Games drew 5 million viewers, eclipsing ice hockey and figure skating.

This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald [1], on behalf of the families of the eight Scots who won the first curling Olympic gold medal in Chamonix, France in 1924.

Finland (1) had the hammer, and skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi had to put a rock right on the button to win the game.

British skip David Murdoch had an excellent raise hit and roll to make the freeze on his last rock, but it was no match for Markku's draw—giving Finland the win.

With Canada having the hammer, USA skip Pete Fenson had a difficult draw to beat out four Canadian stones and get buried but half of the rock was left out in the open.

David Murdoch, the British skip tried to draw to the button on top of two American stones, but was a few inches short, leaving the rock in the open.

The game was interrupted by a streaker wearing a rubber chicken, prompting one of the British players to joke, "Are you Scottish?

Finland finally won a point with the hammer in the 5th end to reduce the deficit (4-3), but numerous Finnish mistakes led to Canada's scoring six points in the 6th end (10-3), which effectively won the match and secured the gold medal.

It was Canada's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver at Nagano in 1998 and Salt Lake City in 2002.

His raise-triple take-out in the sixth end was a major factor in Canada's scoring the six-point rarity.

After Ott scored 3 in the third end getting a split off a rock in front of the house, Kleibrink was unable to mount a comeback.

Mirjam Ott curling 88% in the game ensured victory for the Swiss team, while Shannon Kleibrink struggled at 66%.

Canada never looked back, scoring four more points in the fifth end en route to an 11-5 thrashing of Norway.

Five best players from each position The Canadian Olympic trials took place December 3–11, 2005 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.