Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost
7-6 to
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the The Syncrude National, held March 12 - 16, 2014 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
7-6 over
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2014 The Syncrude National in Fort McMurray, Alberta; and won
7-5 over
Oskar Eriksson (Lit, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 The Syncrude National in Fort McMurray, Alberta;
Gushue finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 6-5, then won
6-4 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) and
10-5 against
Brock Virtue (Regina, SK). Gushue went on to lose
8-1 against
Eriksson. Gushue responded with a
6-5 win over
Korea's Soo-Hyuk Kim in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the The Syncrude National, Gushue take home
27.000 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN prize, remaining in 7th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
171.980 points earned so far this season.
