Gushue9-2 at 2019 Tim Hortons Brier

St. John's, Canada

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	12
Record:	9W - 3L
PF/G:	7.96
PA/G:	5.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) finished 9-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) 7-6, then won 7-5 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) and 10-4 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Gushue went on to lose 7-6 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Gushue responded with a 8-7 win over Terry Odishaw (Moncton, NB). Gushue won 9-2 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS), then won 11-2 against Dave St. Louis (Iqaluit, NU) and 6-3 against Mike McEwen (West St. Paul, MB). Gushue won 6-4 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). Gushue went on to lose 7-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON). Gushue responded with a 8-5 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 30.011 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, remaining in 7th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.88 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 327.301 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Menard Grabs Much Needed Victory

Quebec's Jean Michel Menard (Photo: Curling Canada) defeated Ontario's Mark Kean 8-5 to grab a 4-2 record at the Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)