Gushue Runner-Up at 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost 4-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held September 8 - 13, 2015 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 5-3 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won 4-2 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Gushue finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue lost 5-3 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 7-3 win over David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO). Gushue won 8-1 against Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI), then won 9-5 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, Gushue take home 59.249 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN prize, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 494.973 total points. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 113.073 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

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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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