Championship on the line and a chance to draw for the win. This was Brad Gushue's wheelhouse and he delivered again Sunday when it counted most.
With Manitoba sitting two in the 10th end, Gushue drew the four-foot ring with his final shot to win his fifth Tim Hortons Brier title in seven years.Manitoba's Matt Dunstone gave up three points in the eighth end — the first multiple-point end of the game — but responded with a deuce in the ninth.
There were some nerves though as Gushue settled into the hack at Budweiser Gardens. He missed a draw in the sixth end and was heavy with both throws in the seventh. "I've had the opportunity to watch that a few times," said Gushue vice Mark Nichols. "I never get sick of it.""We were down and out after the eighth end and we made him throw a tough shot to win the Brier," he said. "It just speaks volumes about this team."
"It just felt like any little blink was going to lose that game," Gushue said. "Fortunately for us we got it from them in the eighth end and we just held on. But man oh man, they played so strong." Harnden, who won Olympic gold in 2014 with Brad Jacobs, joined the Gushue team in the off-season. Gushue won his previous Brier titles with Nichols, Walker and Brett Gallant, who now plays with Bottcher.
Dunstone is the current leader in the Canadian men's team rankings. Bottcher is just behind in second place and Gushue is third.
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