Tag: Tim Hortons Brier
Manitoba’s Buffalo charges to great heights again at a London Brier
If you support Manitoba curling, you want the Brier men’s national championship tournament to return to London again as soon as possible. The last two times it has been held at the downtown arena now called Budweiser Gardens, the Buffalo Boys have reached the final. Matt Dunstone’s rink was trying to beat Brad Gushue’s Team […]
Fitting Brier final pits Brad Gushue against Matt Dunstone
Fifteen years ago, Brad Gushue was the same age his Brier final opponent, Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone, is right now. He already had an Olympic gold medal under his belt from the previous year but he had not yet won his first Canadian men’s curling championship as a skip. In 2007, he lost the Brier final […]
Skip to the six: Bottcher’s streak continues at Tim Hortons Brier
BOTTCHER’S BRIERS (Wild Card 1 skip Brendan Bottcher has qualified for his sixth consecutive championship Sunday at the Brier at London’s Budweiser Gardens. Here are his previous finishes during that run) 2022: at Lethbridge, Alta. Lost semifinal to Brad Gushue 9-3 2021: at Calgary, Alta. Beat Kevin Koe 4-2 in the final 2020: at Kingston, […]
Ontario’s stirring Brier run ends as Mike McEwen rink bows out
Mike McEwen didn’t have a hint of frustration after his home side Ontario rink bowed out of the Brier Saturday afternoon. “You’ve got to put things in perspective,” the skip said after a 6-3 loss to Wild Card 1’s Brendan Bottcher in the Page 3-4 game. “We were in the grave before Christmas and pretty […]
Brad Gushue steal in 10th against Matt Dunstone puts him back in Brier final
Brad Gushue is back in familiar territory – the Tim Hortons Brier final. The defending champion will try for a record fifth title as a skip after knocking off the previously unbeaten Matt Dunstone’s Manitoba rink 5-4 in the Page 1-2 game Saturday night at Budweiser Gardens. Gushue forced just the second steal of the […]