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The controversy lasted less than 24 hours.

But it was enough to get Brad Jacobs fired up on Tuesday over what was referred to as “broom-gate” by the media at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier.

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During Monday’s 7-3 win over Ontario’s Mark Kean, Ontario coach Bryan Cochrane was seen complaining to officials after Northern Ontario sweeper E.J. Harnden tapped Ontario third Matt Camm on the foot.

On Tuesday, Team Jacobs released a statement on their Facebook page to say that tapping the foot of an opponent was a reminder for the player to get his knees off the ice after releasing the stone.

Which, of course, is against curling etiquette. When a player keeps his/her knees or hands on the ice, it melts the ice and can damage the pebble on the surface.

Naturally, after Jacobs’ 11-1 win over Adam Casey’s P.E.I. rink on Tuesday, the Olympic champion skip was asked to explain the point of his team’s actions from the previous night.

“I’m not going to answer that question,” said the 29-year-old after Tuesday’s afternoon draw at the Scotiabank Saddledome. “What I think I’m going to say is we responded on Facebook as a team about the incident. At this point, it’s just something we’re trying to put behind us.

“Everyone can go on Facebook and read what we wrote.”

On Facebook, the team’s statement said the gesture was “not done with any aggressive or intimidating intent” but to remind the player not to leave marks on the ice that can affect the movement of stones.

“It’s definitely not something we would intentionally try to do — intimidate players or anything like that,” Jacobs said. “Like I said, we’re just moving forward and we want to put it behind us.”

Jacobs and the Northern Ontario team made peace in the dressing room after Monday’s game and apologized.

“They were fine with the apology at that point,” he said. “We spoke to the CCA officials last night and we will include the umpire if there is any further handprints or knee prints intentionally marked on the ice.

“And that’s that.”

A video of the incident went viral on Curling Canada’s website — encouraging fans to comment whether the incident was “Fair or Foul.”