 Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, coach Jules Owchar, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker (photo by Anil Mungal) end the 2017/18 winning the Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary. Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) wins the Humpty's Champions Cup, defeating Glenn Howard (Islington, ON) 8-2 at Winsport Olympic Park in Calgary. Gushue with Mark Nichols at third, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker on the front end take home the $40,000CDN first place cheque along with 72.953 world ranking points, while Howard receives $32,000CDN and 57.320 world ranking points for their second place finish. After a first end blank, Howard stole 1 in the second end to take an early lead, then forced Gushue to a single in the third end. Gushue got a steal in the fourth end, then forced Howard to a single in the fifth end to tie the game at 2. Gushue broke open the game in the 6th end scoring 3 in the sixth end, then added a steal of 3 in the seventh end for the 8-2 win. In the semifinals, Gushue defeated Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) 7-5 and Howard defeated Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, Scotland) 9-5. Koe and Mouat earned $12,000CDN and 44.293 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Gushue defeated Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) 4-2, Howard defeated Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, United States) 7-6, while Koe defeated Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 5-2 and Mouat defeated Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) 7-6 in an extra end. Gunnlaugson, Ruohonen, Bottcher and McEwen earned $8,000CDN along with 31.265 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Gushue went 4-0 in the 15 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Gushue defeated Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) 8-3, won against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 5-4, and Ruohonen 7-2, going on to defeated Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 7-3 in their final qualifying round match. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
