Gushue9-2 at 2019 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) finished 9-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . 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

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

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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