Skip Mike McEwen improves to 4-0 this season against 2-time Olympic medallist Gushue
2 other men’s teams, 4 women's rinks unbeaten at Grand Slam event in St. John's
Mike McEwen scored a single in the eighth end for a 4-3 victory over Brad Gushue at the Kioti National on Thursday night in St. John's.
McEwen, from Winnipeg, made a takeout with his final throw to give Gushue, from St. John's, his first loss in round-robin play.
McEwen raised his record to 3-0 at the tournament, and he's won each of four meetings this season against Gushue, a six-time Brier champion who also sports Olympic gold and bronze medals.
Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers dropped an 8-3 decision to Switzerland's Marco Hoesli and Scotland's Ross Whyte scored four in the seventh end for a 9-5 win over Germany's Marc Muskatewitz.
Clutch shot by McEwen in the 7th end to bring down the damage, holding Gushue to two.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/letsrock?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#letsrock</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/curling?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#curling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gsoc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gsoc</a> <a href="https://t.co/i59MdhfeHO">pic.twitter.com/i59MdhfeHO</a>
—@grandslamcurlMichael Brunner edged Yannick Schwaller 6-5 in a battle of Swiss skips in the other late game at Mary Brown's Centre.
McEwen, Whyte and Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., were the only men's teams with 3-0 records after three days of round-robin play.
Four women's rinks — Ottawa's Rachel Homan, Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and South Korea's Eun-Jung Kim — were 3-0.
Competition continues Friday with four draws on the schedule. The playoffs start Saturday and the finals will be played Sunday.
With files from CBC Sports
