Gushue Reaches 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Semifinals

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) run at the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; Gushue advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Gushue finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) 8-2, then won 6-5 against Bottcher. Gushue went on to lose 6-5 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). Gushue responded with a 7-3 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 42.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1. Gushue move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -9.625 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 341.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gushue ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.125 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

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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