Gushue beats defending champion Bottcher in Brier semifinal, faces Koe in final
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Brad Gushue beat defending champion Brendan Bottcher 9-3 on Sunday afternoon to advance to the final of the Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alta.
Gushue's short-handed Wild Card One side made a hit for three in the seventh end and sealed the victory by stealing a pair in the eighth.
The St. John's skip, who won Olympic bronze last month in Beijing, will face Alberta's Kevin Koe in the evening championship game at the Enmax Centre.
The Wild Card One team has played as a three-man unit since Friday when vice Mark Nichols tested positive for COVID-19, knocking him out of the competition.
Koe, who lost last year's final in the Calgary bubble, defeated Bottcher in the 1-2 Page playoff game on Saturday night to secure a direct berth to the final.
Bottcher was wide with a runback in the fifth end to set up Gushue for a draw for three points.
The Canada skip caught a bad break in the sixth end when his stone picked, but he followed with a runback double-takeout to salvage a single.
Bottcher was light with his final shot in the seventh and Gushue took advantage for another three-ender.
Gushue reached the semifinal by defeating Saskatchewan's Colton Flasch in the 3-4 Page playoff.
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