Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won
8-3 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 3 - 8, 2017 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
4-0 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won
5-2 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;
Gushue finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK) 8-7, then went on to lose
5-4 against
Jacobs. Gushue responded with a
5-4 win over
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Gushue won
6-4 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Gushue earned
81.861 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 54.281 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
429.656 points earned so far this season.
