Gushue Runner-Up at LGT World Men's Curling Championship

St. John's, Canada

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	14
Record:	11W - 3L
PF/G:	8.31
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) lost 6-5 to Niklas Edin (Ornskoldsvik, SWE) in the Final of the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, held March 30 - April 7 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 9-4 over Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland;

Gushue finished 10-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) 9-8, then won 8-5 against Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) and 8-4 against Mouat. Gushue went on to lose 7-6 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Gushue responded with a 7-4 win over Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Gushue won 8-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA), then won 7-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) and 7-4 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Gushue won 7-4 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Gushue went on to lose 6-5 against Edin. Gushue responded with a 9-3 win over Shinya Abe (Karuizawa, JPN). Gushue won 8-1 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, Gushue take home 60.500 world rankings points. Gushue move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 41 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 327.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gushue ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 327.750 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

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