Gushue tops Mouat 7-6 to stay undefeated through Grand Slam season
SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. — Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., improved to 2-0 at the National, beating Scotland’s Bruce Mouat 7-6 in an extra end on Wednesday night.
Gushue is vying for his third straight Grand Slam of Curling championship of the season. He went undefeated while winning both the season-opening Tour Challenge in September and the Masters last month.
Gushue scored a point in the extra end after Mouat had tied it with a single in the eighth.
In other action Wednesday night, Calgary’s Kevin Koe topped Winnipeg’s William Lyburn 6-4, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., downed Scotland’s Greg Drummond 9-2 in five ends, and Greg Balsdon of Kingston, Ont., defeated John Morris of Vernon, B.C., 6-4.