Gushue Runner-Up at 2018 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) lost 8-4 to Scott Howard (Penetanguishe, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 15 - 18, 2018 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 7-2 over Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 8-3 over Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals.

Gushue finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) 8-0, then won 8-1 against 's Michael Fournier and 9-4 against Kendal Thompson (HALIFAX, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, Gushue take home 25.714 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -26.409 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 188.196 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: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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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