 Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) wins the Masters of Curling, defeating Niklas Edin (Karlstad, Sweden) 8-4. Gushue with Mark Nichols at third, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker on the front end take home the $30,000CDN first place cheque along with 84.142 world ranking points, while Edin receives $18,000CDN and 66.112 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Gushue scored 1 in the first end, then forced Edin to a single in the second end. Gushue scored 2 in the third end, then forced Edin to a single in the fourth end to lead 3-2. Gushue broke the game open scoring 3 in the fifth end, after which Edin scored 2 in the sixth end. Gushue scored 2 in the seventh end for handshakes and the 8-4 win. In the semifinals, Gushue defeated Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) 7-1 and Edin defeated Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) 4-2. McEwen and Koe earned $12,000CDN and 51.086 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Gushue defeated Peter De Cruz (Geneva, Switzerland) 8-3, Edin defeated Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 4-3, while McEwen defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 6-3 and Koe defeated Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) 8-2. Gunnlaugson, Carruthers, De Cruz earned $9,000CDN along with 36.061 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 Kyle Smith (Perth, Scotland) 7-6, won against John Shuster (Duluth, USA) 9-7, and McEwen 5-4, then won against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, Norway) 6-3 in their final qualifying round match to finish the round-robin undefeated. |
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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).
