CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2018 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) won 6-4 over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Brier, held March 3 - 11, 2018 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Gushue finished 10-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) 10-2, then won 8-3 against Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) and 8-4 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). Gushue won 7-5 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB), then won 9-5 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS). Gushue went on to lose 10-7 against Bottcher. Gushue responded with a 7-2 win over Greg Smith (St. John's, NL). Gushue won 7-2 against Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul, MB), then won 5-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and 5-3 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Gushue won 5-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tim Hortons Brier Championship title, Gushue earned 73.017 world rankings points, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 69.839 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 431.424 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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