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In the men's final, Brad Gushue and his Canadian championship team of Mark Nichols, E. J. Harnden and Geoff Walker capped off an undefeated run by defeating Sapporo International University's Hayato Sato 7–1.
Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL (/ ˈ ɡ ʊ ʒ u / GUU-zhoo; [1] born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [2] Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland 10–4. [3]
The 2024 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown was held from December 12 to 16 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. [1] The total purse for the event was $50,000 on the men's and women's sides.
The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. [1] The defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by Brad Gushue won the event, and would go on to represent Canada at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship on home soil at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario, where they won a silver medal. [2]
Once qualified, the Swiss team knocked off the top two remaining seeds Bruce Mouat and Brad Gushue in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively to reach the final. The German team, hailing from Füssen , also went 7–2 through the week, defeating Team Schwaller to qualify through the B side.
Brad Gushue and Mark Kean also qualified for the playoffs but lost in the quarterfinals. Notably, the event featured many revised lineups following the frenzy of Canadian men's lineup changes throughout early October. [ 4 ]
Team Canada is represented by Team Brad Gushue, who won the 2024 Montana's Brier. [ 4 ] In a slight change in the qualification format from 2024, the final three teams in the field pre-qualified for the 2025 Brier based on their 2023–24 Canadian Team Ranking Standings , which meant they bypassed the provincial qualifiers.
Gallant left the Gushue rink at the end of the season, and joined the Brendan Bottcher rink in Alberta for the 2022-23 curling season alongside Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert. The team found success, winning two grand slam events, ( 2023 Canadian Open and 2023 Champions Cup ), and finishing third in the 2023 and 2024 Briers.