By Canadian Press

Gushue thumps Japan 9-3 in six ends at men’s curling worlds

Apr 5, 2024 | 7:28 AM

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Brad Gushue enjoyed quite the bounceback effort on Friday as Canada thumped Japan’s Shinya Abe 9-3 in six ends at the world men’s curling championship.

Gushue and his St. John’s, N.L., team of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker improved to 9-2 with their last round-robin game against Switzerland (6-4) set for later Friday.

After Japan (3-9) evened the score at 1-1 after two ends, Gushue’s side flipped the game on its head by scoring three in the third and four in the fourth end.

The Canadians followed up with a single in the fifth before Japan converted on a deuce in the sixth before conceding the game with four ends remaining.

Gushue was coming off a 6-5 loss to unbeaten Niklas Edin of Sweden in the second of his two games on Thursday, ending a five-game winning streak. 

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 5, 2024.

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