Gushue Reaches Astec Safety Challenge Quarters

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) qualified for the Astec Safety Challenge playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). of the Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;

Gushue finished 3-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) 7-3, then won 7-2 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) and 6-1 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Astec Safety Challenge, remaining in 7th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 13.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 195.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	44	16	0	0.733	13-3	4-2	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	465	394	236	8.47	5.08	3.40	4.92	3.61	1.72	1.40	1.46

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	219	289	38	31	7-1	25-1	58-4	1.32	0.17	0.48	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	246	105	198	37	0-1	5-5	25-46	0.43	0.80	0.63	0.28

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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