Gushue Runner-Up at 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	4.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost 6-4 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 6-3 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won 4-3 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals.

Gushue finished 4-0 in the 15 team Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 qualifying round, held November 5 - 10, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) 6-4, then won 7-3 against Edin and 6-2 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene , ON). Gushue won 8-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1, Gushue take home 59.462 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with 429.800 total points. Gushue ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 193.946 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	1	0	0.857	6-1	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	51	41	25	8.04	4.90	3.14	5.29	3.33	1.52	1.47	1.37

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	27	32	2	4	1-0	1-0	6-0	1.19	0.07	0.35	0.07

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	9	23	3	0-0	1-2	1-4	0.38	0.96	0.60	0.25

2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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