Gushue fights off Mouat, remains undefeated at Grand Slam National
St. John's skip needed an extra end to edge opponent
Brad Gushue of St. John's, N.L., improved to 2-0 at the National, beating Scotland's Bruce Mouat 7-6 in an extra end on Wednesday night.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GSOC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GSOC</a> winning streak continues for <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamGushue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeamGushue</a> after they hang on in the extra end to edge <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamMouat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeamMouat</a> 7-6 at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoostNational?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BoostNational</a> <a href="https://t.co/cA2JLm3BLH">pic.twitter.com/cA2JLm3BLH</a>
—@grandslamcurlGushue is vying for his third straight Grand Slam of Curling championship of the season. He went undefeated while winning both the season-opening Tour Challenge in September and the Masters last month.
Gushue scored a point in the extra end after Mouat had tied it with a single in the eighth.
In other action Wednesday night, Calgary's Kevin Koe topped Winnipeg's William Lyburn 6-4, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., downed Scotland's Greg Drummond 9-2 in five ends, and Greg Balsdon of Kingston, Ont., defeated John Morris of Vernon, B.C., 6-4.
Gushue, Koe, Chang-Min Kim of China and Winnipeg's Jason Gunnlaugson sit atop the men's standings with 2-0 records.
On the women's side, Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones and Edmonton's Val Sweeting are 2-0.