Gushue Runner-Up at 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship

St. John's, Canada

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	15
Record:	11W - 4L
PF/G:	8.36
PA/G:	5.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) lost 9-3 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, held April 1 - 9, 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 7-5 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; and won 9-1 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario;

Gushue finished 9-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue lost 8-3 to Schwaller, then responded with a 10-6 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Gushue won 8-2 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Gushue went on to lose 8-6 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Gushue responded with a 6-3 win over Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Gushue won 8-3 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then won 9-4 against ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) and 9-6 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Gushue won 9-4 against Sixten Totzek (Baden Baden, GER). Gushue went on to lose 6-3 against Mouat. Gushue responded with a 9-5 win over Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Gushue won 8-5 against Edin in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, Gushue take home 60.500 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 1st place overall with 376.250 total points. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 376.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	60	17	0	0.779	17-3	12-5	4-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	608	543	325	8.93	5.35	3.59	5.02	3.82	1.78	1.40	1.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	281	430	22	33	16-0	27-0	94-5	1.53	0.08	0.55	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	327	113	303	38	2-1	8-11	17-63	0.35	0.93	0.65	0.23

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