By Greg Higgins

Gushue wins Meridian Canadian Open and seventh grand slam

Jan 8, 2017 | 1:48 PM

Brad Gushue hadn’t shot under 90 per cent all tournament and he didn’t slow down in the finals.

Niklas Edin from Sweden started the finals with the hammer and drew for one in the first to take the early lead. Gushue answered in the second, making an amazing hit and roll on the hammer to make four and take a commanding 4-1 lead.

Edin was between a rock and a hard place on his hammer throw in the third end. Gushue was sitting two and they were well protected. Edin pulled off a phenomenal hit and roll to get his stone snug to the button to pick up one point and stay in the game.

The fourth end was played safe with Edin’s team clearing the house each throw, forcing Gushue to take one point and 5-2 lead into the fifth end. Gushue put Edin to the test again as he was sitting three with one hidden as Edin released his hammer throw. Edin hit a bump and run, barely knocking Gushue’s rock, getting closer to the button by a hair to pick up one and pull to within two points.

That’s as close as Edin got though. Gushue took full advantage of his hammer in the sixth scoring three and essentially ending the game. The final score was 8-3.

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Gushie said even though this is his seventh grand slam win, it never gets old.

“Oh no not at all, these are so tough to win,” Gushue said. “We’ve been fortunate over the last couple of years to win a few, but it’s nice. We beat some good teams and we played well.”

Now Gushue’s focus will be on provincials. If he wins, Gushue will represent Newfoundland at the Brier being held in his home province.

Gushue admitted there would be a little celebration over this win before focus completely shifts to provincials though.

“We have a flight tonight so it’s probabaly not going to be too crazy,” Gushue said. “I’m sure we’ll have a beer or two once we get settled away … I am more anxious to get home and see the family.”

Greg Higgins is a reporter with battlefordsNOW.com. He can be reached at greg.higgins@jpbg.ca.

by Greg Higgins

Gushue wins Meridian Canadian Open and seventh grand slam

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