Gushue Reaches Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Semifinals

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.80
PA/G:	5.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) run at the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Gushue advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-3 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON).

Gushue finished 4-1 in the 24 team Stu Sells Toronto Tankard qualifying round, held October 3 - 7 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. In their opening game, Gushue defeated Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) 7-2, then won 6-0 against Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 6-5 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Gushue responded with a 7-6 win over Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 7-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 33.216 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -0.47700000000003 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.904 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	2	0	0.714	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	50	44	28	8.80	5.60	3.20	5.20	3.80	1.69	1.47	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	27	34	4	4	0-0	3-0	8-1	1.26	0.15	0.48	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	23	10	24	1	0-0	2-0	0-8	0.43	1.04	0.50	0.26

2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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