Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) run at the 2014 Point Optical Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a
6-0 loss to
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2014 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Gushue advanced through the quarterfinals with a
5-3 win over
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2014 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Gushue finished 4-2 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Christopher Plys (Blaine, USA) 8-4, then went on to lose
6-4 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Gushue lost
8-4 to
Morozumi where Gushue responded with a
9-7 win over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Gushue won
7-6 against
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK), then won
6-2 against
Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
Gushue earned
20.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Point Optical Curling Classic, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with
217.133 total points. Gushue ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
35.000 points earned so far this season.
