Gushue tops Saskatchewan's McEwen for 3rd straight Brier title, record-tying 6th overall
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Brad Gushue further cemented his place in Canadian curling history Sunday.
He became the first man to skip teams to six national men's championships with a 9-5 win over Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen in Regina.
Gushue, third Mark Nichols and lead Geoff Walker won the sixth Briers of their careers and third straight to match records held by Randy Ferbey of Edmonton.
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Ferbey also claimed six crowns, including four as a skip when Ferbey also three-peated between 2001 and 2003.
"This is why I play. This is why I love the game. I love this moment. To see it all come to fruition after the hard work this week is so cool," Gushue said. "It isn't about how many. It's about this moment here and I'm going to enjoy the next couple hours. We've got an early flight so hopefully we make it."
Gushue of St. John's said he felt "a little pop" in his leg late in the game.
"I think it's just me being 43, to be honest," the skip said. "I don't think it's anything serious."
E.J. Harnden in his second season with Gushue collected his third national title. His first was in 2013 with Brad Jacobs.
Gushue will represent Canada at the men's world championship March 30 to April 7 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and return to the 2025 Montana's Brier in Kelowna, B.C., as defending champion.
His team collected $108,000 in prize money Sunday. An Olympic berth in the 2025 trials was also theirs pending a top-six ranking in Switzerland.
Gushue, Nichols and Walker played in their eighth Brier final together and Harnden his fourth.
The four men brought that big-game experience to prevail over Saskatchewan, which came agonizingly close to ending the province's 44-year Brier drought.
Urged on by the roars of Sunday's full houses at the Brandt Centre, McEwen ousted top-seeded Brendan Bottcher of Alberta 7-3 in the afternoon's semifinal before battling back against Gushue to pull within a point in the sixth end.
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