Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost
7-6 to
Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, held October 25 - 28, 2012 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
7-1 over
Ian MacAulay (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2012 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
Gushue finished 4-0 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Mark Kehoe (Halifax, NS) 8-5, then won
9-2 against
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) and
10-4 against
Bryan Cochrane (Ottawa, ON). Gushue won
5-2 against
Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, Gushue take home
21.645 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
156.781 total points. Gushue ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
55.065 points earned so far this season.
