Gushue bounces back for 1st National Grand Slam of Curling win

Hometown skip Brad Gushue of St. John's bounced back from an opening-draw loss to beat Scotland's Ross Paterson 8-1 on Wednesday at the National Grand Slam of Curling tournament.

Hometown skip beats Scotland's Paterson Wednesday after falling in opening draw

The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 12, 2018 10:31 PM EST | Last Updated: December 13, 2018

Brad Gushue, pictured above at the 2018 world men's curling championship, rebounded for his first win at the National Grand Slam of Curling tournament on Wednesday. (John Locher/The Associated Press)

Hometown skip Brad Gushue of St. John's bounced back from an opening-draw loss to beat Scotland's Ross Paterson 8-1 on Wednesday at the National Grand Slam of Curling tournament.

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Gushue (1-1) scored a deuce in the first end and was up 6-0 before Paterson (1-1) got on the board with a single in the fifth. Gushue added two more in the sixth and the skips shook hands before starting the eighth.

Also, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., (2-0) downed Winnipeg's Braden Calvert (0-2), 7-3 for his second straight win, Saskatoon's Kirk Muyres (1-1) beat Glenn Howard Penetanguishe, Ont., (1-1), 6-4 and Sweden's Niklas Edin (2-0) edged Team Carruthers (1-1) of Winnipeg 5-4 with a single in the eighth.