2012 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game 2012 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game The 2012 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game on TSN was held on January 7 and 8 at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario. The total purse for the event was CAD$75,000. Four teams were invited to participate. The teams each played a semifinal match against another team, and the semifinal winners moved on to the final. The 2012 TSN Skins Game sees four world champions playing against each other. Kevin Martin and his rink, the reigning Olympic champions, Alberta provincial champions, and former world champions, will play against Kevin Koe and his
Third (curling) Third (curling) In curling, a third (alternatively, vice, vice-skip or mate) is the team member who delivers the second-to-last pair of a team's stones in an end. The third is in charge of strategy and directing the sweepers when the skip is delivering their stones, but sweeps for the lead and second. The two vices are responsible for determining and recording the score after each end, and in most clubs, will determine by lot which team begins a game with the hammer and what colour stones each team will use. The third position requires a curler adept at executing shots