Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) lost
7-3 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the World Mens Curling Championship, held March 30 - April 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
9-5 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; and won
6-4 over
Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;
Gushue finished 9-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) 7-6, then went on to lose
8-7 against
Mouat. Gushue responded with a
7-2 win over
Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Gushue won
8-7 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA), then won
7-6 against
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) and
9-2 against
Masaki Iwai (Hokkaido, JPN). Gushue won
8-2 against
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR), then won
8-5 against
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and
7-4 against
De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN). Gushue went on to lose
6-5 against
Ruohonen. Gushue lost
6-5 to
Edin where Gushue responded with a
8-1 win over
Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the World Mens Curling Championship, Gushue take home
53.150 world rankings points. For week 35 of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Gushue ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
