Team Gushue is heating up heading into the Princess Auto Players' Championship playoffs and qualified with a 7-3 win Friday over Team Koe. (JonathanBrazeau)
TORONTO — Brad Gushue and his crew from St. John's, N.L., are heating up heading into the Princess Auto Players' Championship playoffs.
Team Gushue lost their first game to Toronto’s own Team John Epping but have now won three straight through the B brackets of the triple-knockout preliminary stage. The triple knockout consists of three brackets: A, B, and C. Teams must win three games in order to qualify for the playoffs. Each loss drops a team to a lower bracket until they lose three games and are out of the tournament. Two A teams , three B teams , and three C teams advance to the quarterfinals.
After the teams traded single points in four and five, Gushue pulled back ahead up 4-3 with a deuce in six. Gunnlaugson doubled up on Team Mike McEwen 4-2 in an all-Winnipeg matchup while Team Bottcher of Edmonton topped Team Ross Whyte from Scotland, 5-3.
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