Reigning champion Brad Gushue opened defence of his Canadian males’s curling championship with a 7-4 win over Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel on Friday evening.
Host Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen thwarts Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith 7-6
Brad Gushue opened defence of his Canadian males’s curling championship with a 7-4 win over Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel on Friday evening.
In different video games within the Brier’s first draw, Aaron Sluchinski doubled Kevin Koe 8-4 in a battle of Albertan groups, host Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen defeated Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith 7-6, and Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe defeated Quebec’s Julien Tremblay 7-4.
Pool play resumes Saturday afternoon at Regina’s Brandt Centre.
The highest three groups in every pool of 9 advance to a six-team playoff, from which the 4 Web page playoff groups shall be decided.
The winner on March 10 represents Canada on the males’s world championship in Switzerland beginning later this month.
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