Gushue, Epping and Jacobs playoff-bound at Canadian men’s curling championship
REGINA — Suspenseful quiet punctuated by explosive cheering signalled a shift in atmosphere Thursday at the Canadian men’s curling championship.
Under the new format introduced this year, the top eight teams with the best records after the first five days of the Tim Hortons Brier carried those records into the championship round.
The top four from that group advance to the playoffs and all but one of those berths were secured by Thursday night.
Defending champion Brad Gushue, 2013 champion Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario and Ontario’s John Epping were playoff bound at 8-1.