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Canada’s Gushue tops Sweden’s Edin to reach semis at world men’s curling playdowns

Apr 8, 2023 | 2:33 PM

OTTAWA — Canada’s Brad Gushue is moving on to the semifinals at the world men’s curling championship.

The St. John’s, N.L., skip beat Sweden’s Niklas Edin 9-1 in a qualification game at TD Place.

The Canadian team of Gushue, vice Mark Nichols, second E.J. Harnden and lead Geoff Walker will next play top-seeded Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland.

Scotland’s Bruce Mouat will play the winner of the qualification game between Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell and Italy’s Joel Retornaz.