Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost
7-4 to
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held December 8 - 13, 2015 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
5-2 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2015 Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; and won
6-2 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Gushue finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) 8-2, then won
6-3 against
Carruthers and
7-5 against
David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Meridian Canadian Open, Gushue take home
66.134 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN prize, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 32.169 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
468.463 points earned so far this season.
