Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost
5-4 to
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Canadian Open, held November 13 - 17, 2013 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
4-2 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Canadian Open in Medicine Hat, Alberta; and won
7-4 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Canadian Open in Medicine Hat, Alberta;
Gushue finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) 6-2, then went on to lose
6-5 against
Stoughton. Gushue lost
8-5 to
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) where Gushue responded with a
7-6 win over
Martin. Gushue won
9-4 against
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canadian Open, Gushue take home
27.000 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with
292.605 total points. Gushue ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
144.980 points earned so far this season.
