Gushue takes down New Zealand’s Anton Hood to open play Sunday at men’s curling worlds | CBC Sports

Canada’s Brad Gushue needed only seven ends to complete an 8-2 rout of New Zealand’s Anton Hood on Sunday afternoon at the world men’s curling championship in Ottawa.

Gushue opened with a deuce and made a hit for three to end it as New Zealand conceded early.

“I think we’re more settled,” said Gushue, who improved to 2-1. “I don’t think we’re exactly where we want to be yet. Generally it takes four or five games.”

In other Draw 4 matchups, defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden defeated Scotland’s Bruce Mouat 7-4 in a rematch of last year’s Olympic final.

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Gushue and Team Canada take down New Zealand at world championships

Team Canada and skip Brad Gushue defeated New Zealand 8-2 in seven ends Sunday afternoon at the world curling championships in Ottawa.

Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller beat Germany’s Sixten Totzek 7-3 and Japan’s Riku Yanagisawa dumped South Korea’s Byeongjin Jeong 9-2.

Canada was scheduled to play Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell on Sunday night.

Round-robin play continues through Friday night at TD Place. Medal games are scheduled for April 9.

Gushue’s St. John’s-based side took silver at last year’s world championship in Las Vegas.

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