Gushue9-2 at 2019 Tim Hortons Brier

St. John's, Canada

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	12
Record:	9W - 3L
PF/G:	7.96
PA/G:	5.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) finished 9-2 in the 16 team Tim Hortons Brier qualifying round, held March 2 - 10, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) 7-6, then won 7-5 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) and 10-4 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Gushue went on to lose 7-6 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Gushue responded with a 8-7 win over Terry Odishaw (Moncton, NB). Gushue won 9-2 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS), then won 11-2 against Dave St. Louis (Iqaluit, NU) and 6-3 against Mike McEwen (West St. Paul, MB). Gushue won 6-4 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). Gushue went on to lose 7-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON). Gushue responded with a 8-5 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 30.011 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, remaining in 7th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.88 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 327.301 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	9	3	0	0.750	7-2	2-1	2-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	108	86	59	7.96	5.46	2.50	4.72	3.98	1.69	1.37	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	54	73	5	8	1-0	5-0	16-0	1.35	0.09	0.48	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	54	13	54	6	0-1	0-2	3-9	0.24	1.00	0.68	0.19

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