There will be a fourth Paralympics wheelchair curling medal for Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest.
It will be a third career gold or first Paralympics silver.
There would be no bad luck result on Friday the 13th for Forrest – playing in her fifth Paralympics – and Team Canada, as they advanced to play for gold. Canada stayed perfect in the tournament with a thrilling come-from-behind 8-7 win over Korea in the semifinals in Milano Cortina, Italy.
Trailing 7-5 without the last rock in the eighth and final end, Canada skip Mark Ideson and company stole three points to pick up the victory and guarantee a medal.
Having gone 9-0 in the round-robin, Canada earned the last rock to start the game, and used it to score a pair for a 2-0 lead. The Koreans – who fell 6-3 to Canada in the preliminary round Thursday morning – scored a deuce in the second, and stole another two points in the third for a 4-2 lead.
Canada cut that to one by scoring a single in the fourth end to trail the Koreans 4-3 at the intermission.
Coming out of the break, the Canadians stole a single point to tie the contest before Korea looked to put an end to Canada’s undefeated string and gold-medal hopes by scoring three in the sixth end for a 7-4 lead.
Ideson, Forrest, Jon Thurston, and Collinda Joseph would then score a single point with the final stone in the seventh end, setting the stage for the final end dramatics.
Forrest curled at 69 per cent in the game for Canada. Joseph, from Stittsville, Ont., led the team, curling at 78 per cent.
Canada will play the defending champions from China for gold Saturday at 7:05 a.m. Pacific time.
China knocked off Sweden 7-6, scoring the winning point with the last rock in the final end.
Canada beat China 9-6 in the preliminary round.
Korea and Sweden play for bronze.