Brad Gushue, Glenn Howard win tiebreakers to move on at the National
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — Hometown skip Brad Gushue has made it into the playoffs the hard way at the National.
Gushue downed Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller 4-1 on Friday night in a tiebreaker draw to set up the quarterfinals at the fourth stop on the Grand Slam of Curling circuit.
Glenn Howard of Penetanguishe, Ont., also needed a tiebreaker to get into the final eight, beating Saskatoon’s Kirk Muyres 4-2.
Scotland’s Bruce Mouat and Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., finished 4-0 for the top two seeds. Mouat will meet Gushue in one quarterfinal while Jacobs faces Howard.