REGINA — Brad Gushue further cemented his place in Canadian curling history Sunday. He became the first man to skip teams to six national men's championships with a 9-5 win over Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen in Regina.
He became the first man to skip teams to six national men's championships with a 9-5 win over Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen in Regina.
"This is why I play. This is why I love the game. I love this moment. To see it all come to fruition after the hard work this week is so cool," Gushue said."It isn't about how many. It's about this moment here and I'm going to enjoy the next couple hours. We've got an early flight so hopefully we make it.""I think it's just me being 43, to be honest," the skip said."I don't think it's anything serious.
His team collected $108,000 in prize money Sunday. An Olympic berth in the 2025 trials was also theirs pending a top-six ranking in Switzerland.The four men brought that big-game experience to prevail over Saskatchewan, which came agonizingly close to ending the province's 44-year Brier drought. But missed peels on guards by the defending champions in the sixth allowed Saskatchewan to put two stones on the button and another at the top of the four-foot rings to cut off Gushue's access
Momentum continued to swing to Gushue in the eighth when Saskatchewan third Colton Flasch left all three opposing stones in the rings on an attempted triple hit. McEwen drew against four stones for a point. Gushue won Canada's first Olympic gold medal in men's curling in 2006, but it took more than a decade to claim his first Brier.
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