Gushue Reaches 2019 Meridian Canadian Open Semifinals

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	5.83
PA/G:	4.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.09

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) run at the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; Gushue advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-2 win over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON). of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;

Gushue finished 3-1 in the 16 team Meridian Canadian Open qualifying round, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Gushue lost 5-4 to Howard, then responded with a 4-3 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Gushue won 5-3 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON), then won 4-2 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 49.438 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Meridian Canadian Open, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -2.685 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 321.421 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	4	2	0	0.667	3-0	0-1	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	48	28	21	5.83	4.38	1.46	3.96	3.54	1.47	1.24	2.50

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	25	26	1	7	0-0	1-0	7-0	1.04	0.04	0.44	0.04

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	23	2	20	5	0-0	0-0	0-4	0.09	0.87	0.75	0.09

2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON

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