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65-437: Gushue is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brad Gushue (born 1980), Canadian curler George W. Gushue , Canadian politician Joe Gushue (1915–1996), American referee Raymond Gushue (1900–1980), Canadian lawyer and academic administrator Taylor Gushue (born 1993), American baseball player [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

130-546: A 7–6 triumph. On March 5, 2018, early in the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier , Gushue skipped the 114th win of his Brier career, breaking a three-way tie for the most Brier game wins as a skip with previous record-holders Russ Howard and Kevin Martin . His first victory occurred on March 1, 2003, 15 years earlier. Gushue, who was skipping Team Canada as defending champions would go on to win the event, claiming his second straight Brier title. Gushue represented Team Canada once again at

195-538: A 9-4 record. At the 2001 Olympic Curling Trials, the team would for the second straight time miss the playoffs by just 1 game, going 5-4. At the 2005 Olympic Curling Trials, Stoughton would come the closest he ever would to reaching the Olympics. He finished the round robin in 2nd place behind the Brad Gushue rink (skipped for this event by Russ Howard throwing second stones), and defeated then John Morris in

260-491: A book with Alex J. Walling titled Golden Gushue: a Curling Story , which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the rise of his team to Olympic gold. Gushue is ambidextrous — while he curls and golfs right-handed, he writes with his left hand. Gushue has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Memorial University and completed a master's in business administration from Queen's University in 2022. Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963)

325-525: A difficult runback shot. Gushue won the Ford Hot Shots skills competition at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier . He finally made his second Brier final nine years after his loss to Glenn Howard in the 2007 Brier final, advancing by defeating his longtime nemesis Brad Jacobs in the 1v2 game, but as the favourite would fall to Kevin Koe who had come all the way from the 3v4 game. Both teams curled strongly in

390-407: A longtime teammate, was also cut from the team. Despite a strong Brier appearance and season, Gushue said that the team seemed to lack a needed chemistry and that Korab's departure was a group decision. In 2008, David Noftall assumed the lead position, but this did not prove to be a winning combination. In April 2008, Gushue replaced his front-end for the sixth straight year: Jamie Korab rejoined

455-458: A new sweeping technique with just one sweeper, as opposed to the traditional two. This was a result of adopting new brush heads which could dramatically alter the trajectory of rocks. These innovations ultimately resulted in the " broomgate " scandal of the 2015–16 season . He teamed up with Val Sweeting at the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials , finishing as runner-up. In 2020, Gushue played with his eldest daughter Hayley at

520-516: A new team of Jon Mead and Reid Carruthers, Stoughton won the 2011 Safeway Championship in Manitoba to qualify for the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier . There in London, Ontario , the team finished second in the round robin and went on to defeat Glenn Howard in the final 8-6, capturing Stoughton's third Brier championship. Stoughton and his team also did well at the world championships , finishing first in

585-407: A record of 6-5, missing the playoffs. This would be the final competitive event for longtime Stoughton second Van Den Berghe who retired. Stoughton would win the 2007 Manitoba Championship with a new lineup of Ryan Fry , Rob Fowler, and Gould, defeating Peter Nicholls in the final. The team would go on to win a bronze medal at the 2007 Brier . He fared better than the previous year, but fell in

650-556: A year or two off. In their first event as a team, the rink lost to Thomas Lips in the final of the 2010 Baden Masters . On February 9, 2011, Randy Ferbey announced that he was no longer curling with the Gushue team. He stated, "I was done curling with them in Oshawa (The BDO Canadian Open Grand Slam Event). For the 2011–12 season, Gushue put together a team of Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker of Alberta, and Adam Casey of PEI. Gushue played in

715-684: Is a Canadian retired curler . He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is currently the National Men's Coach and Program Manager for Curling Canada , as well as being the head coach of the Canadian Mixed Doubles National Team. Stoughton's first national championship came in 1988 when he won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship . He won

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780-432: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Brad Gushue Gushue is a six-time ( 1995 , 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 ) provincial junior curling champion in his home province of Newfoundland , the last five as skip. He finished with a bronze medal at the 1999 Canadian Junior Curling Championships , a silver medal at the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championships , and in 2001, he not only won

845-538: The 2001 Canadian Juniors but the team would go on to win the World Junior Championships as well. Gushue was also the alternate for John Morris at the 1998 World Junior Championships, which Morris won. After his outstanding career as a junior, Gushue made an impressive transition into men's curling, and his team quickly became a competitive force. After finishing in 4th place in the 2002 Newfoundland and Labrador provincials, Gushue would then win

910-552: The 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials – Road to the Roar and just missed out on advancing to the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials , losing to the eventual Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs rink in the final qualifying game. He would still be at the Olympic Trials as the alternate for Kevin Martin's team, winning a bronze medal as the alternate. At the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge , the team turned heads when they debuted

975-408: The 2013 Safeway Championship . At the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier , Stoughton led his Manitoba rink to an 8-3 round robin record. The team managed to make it to the final against Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs whom they lost to. At the 2013 Olympic Trials, Stoughton's team finished the round robin with a 3-4 record, missing the playoffs. The team would win another Manitoba championship in 2014, earning

1040-528: The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier . After finishing the round robin with a 9–2 record, the team lost the 3v4 Page Playoff game to Team Wild Card, skipped by Brendan Bottcher . The loss forced Gushue to play in the Newfoundland and Labardor Tankard for the first time since 2017. He won the Tankard for the 15th time and represented his province at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier . Gushue led his rink to an 8–3 record at

1105-553: The 2022 National , defeating Niklas Edin in the final, and won his 15th Slam at the 2024 Players' Championship , beating Joel Retornaz of Italy. Gushue is the son of Ray and Maureen and began curling in 1989. In his youth, he also played golf . Gushue is currently a business owner, co-owning an Orangetheory Fitness Studio in St. John's with teammate Mark Nichols. Gushue married Krista Tibbo on September 8, 2006. They have two children, Hayley and Marissa. In 2006, Gushue co-authored

1170-527: The March 2018 Elite 10 curling event with Carruthers. There he skipped the team while throwing third stones, though the team failed to qualify for the playoffs. Following his retirement in 2015 as a professional curler, Stoughton served as a coach for Team Canada's mixed doubles at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , Korea . He would serve as coach for Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris as they won

1235-565: The World Men's Curling Championship in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Team Gushue was designated as Team Canada at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier , which was held Behind closed doors in a centralized "bubble" in Calgary , Alberta . After going 6–2 in the round robin, Team Gushue split their games in the championship pool, finishing with an 8–4 record and not advancing to the playoffs for

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1365-487: The 2007-08 season, Ryan Fry left Team Stoughton to join Brad Gushue 's rink. Fry was replaced with Kevin Park for the 2008-09 season. The move proved to be fairly successful, as Stoughton led his new team to the final of the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier in which they lost to Kevin Martin . Stoughton's rink qualified for the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials . The team finished third, after losing to Glenn Howard 's rink in

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1430-411: The 2009 Brier, Team Gushue performed strongly, ending the round robin in 3rd place. However, a loss in the 3v4 game to eventual runner-up Jeff Stoughton left him finishing the event in 4th place. In 2010 Gushue would again be a playoff team, ending the round robin in 4th place. However, he would lose to eventual winner Kevin Koe in the 3v4 game, for the 2nd straight year finishing in 4th place. During

1495-464: The 2011 Tim Horton's Brier event in London, The Gushue Rink won the first-ever Brier bronze medal game, defeating Kevin Martin (Alberta) 10–5. He had an excellent round robin, for the first time in his career, finishing the round robin in 1st place at 9-2 (Jeff Stoughton and Kevin Martin were also 9-2 but had lost their round robin meetings with Gushue). He would lose both the 1v2 game to Stoughton and

1560-479: The Brier. He won three straight games in the playoffs to claim his third Brier championship, defeating Bottcher (skipping Team Alberta) in the final. It would be Gushue's last game for nearly eight months, as the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic , forcing the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (which he qualified for as Brier champion) to be cancelled. Despite not being able to represent Canada at

1625-520: The Canadian Open to Kevin Koe. In the 2014–2015 season, Gushue had a spectacular season, winning both the Masters (over Mike McEwen in the final) and the Canadian Open (over Steve Laycock in the final) to win 2 Grand Slam events in the same season for the first time of his career. Gushue would have another great season in 2015–2016, where he won The National over Reid Carruthers in the final,

1690-525: The Elite 10 also over Reid Carruthers in the final, and the Players Championships over Brad Jacobs in the final, both completing his career Grand Slam and being the first to win 3 Grand Slam events in the same season since Kevin Martin in the 2006–2007 season. This season featured 7 Grand Slam events for the first time in history, after having been 5 in 2014–2015 and 4 every other prior year in

1755-533: The Newfoundland and Labrador mixed doubles championship. The duo made it to the final, earning the silver medal. He would team up with his youngest daughter, Marissa, for the 2024 mixed doubles championship. They would also make the final, earning him another provincial silver medal. In 2022, Gushue announced that their second Brett Gallant would be departing the team due to him moving out of Newfoundland. Gushue has played in 21 Briers, Canada's national men's curling championship, more than any other curler, and has won

1820-511: The Newfoundland and Labrador playdowns as they were at the Olympics. Since his first showing at the Brier in 2003, he has played in the event every year since, except in 2006, when he was unable to participate due to being at the Olympics in Italy. In 2004, Gushue was named the All Star skip at the Brier for the first time. Gushue won the 2007 provincial championship , defeating Trent Skanes in

1885-457: The Olympic gold medal. He currently serves as Curling Canada 's men's and mixed doubles national coach and program manager. Stoughton is a financial systems manager for Air Canada . He is married to Hali Weiss, and they have a daughter, Elizabeth and two sons, Riley and Cole. Stoughton was known for his 360° "spin-o-rama" delivery, where he comes out of the hack, spins around and then throws

1950-521: The United States and Scotland to make it to the final, where they faced Sweden's Edin rink in a rematch of the 2017 final. This time, Edin got the better of Gushue, defeating Canada 7–3. Gushue's team qualified as the Canadian representatives for the 2022 Winter Olympics by winning the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials , defeating Brad Jacobs 4–3 in the final. The team would go onto win

2015-420: The boldest shots unnecessarily at times and questioning if he could ever win again without strategic mastermind Russ Howard still at his side. Gushue won his second straight provincial title, defeating Labrador City's Keith Ryan in the 2008 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard. At the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier , Gushue's team failed to make the playoffs, losing a tie-breaker to British Columbia 's Bob Ursel . At

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2080-442: The bronze medal game to Ontario, settling for 4th place. At the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier , Gushue missed the playoffs for the 2nd time in 3 Briers, posting a 6–5 record. At the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier , Gushue would have a great round-robin, finishing 2nd at 9–2, including making the shot of the week to win in an extra end against Alberta. Said shot earned him an appearance on TSN SportsCentre 's "1v1" segment and ultimately became

2145-523: The bronze medal. Gushue's first Slam final was in 2005 when he finished second after losing to Kevin Martin in the final game of Players' Championship . He would not make it past a quarterfinal of another Grand Slam until the 2008–2009 season, where he would have a strong Grand Slam season, reaching the semis of the Masters and the final of the National, where he lost to Wayne Middaugh . In 2009–2010 , he had an excellent Grand Slam season reaching

2210-476: The championship, where they beat Manitoba, skipped by Matt Dunstone . It was Gushue's fifth Brier title, a record for skips. Gushue and company again represented Canada at the 2024 Montana's Brier . The team had a shakier start than in previous years, going 6–2 in pool play, losing to the Northwest Territories ( Jamie Koe ) and the host Saskatchewan team, skipped by Mike McEwen . The team swept

2275-490: The conflict between the new Grand Slam of Curling and the Canadian Curling Association, which made Grand Slam participants ineligible for the Brier playdowns for several years, Stoughton reached the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier with Mead, Van Den Berghe, and Gould by winning the 2006 Manitoba championship , beating Reid Carruthers in the final. At the Brier however, the team finished in sixth place with

2340-476: The crowd during the Opening Ceremonies. Starting in shaky form at 3–2 with losses to both Mike McEwen and shockingly, the Northwest Territories (whose win over Gushue would be their only win of the entire round robin), Gushue found his form thereafter and reeled off six consecutive wins to end up at a 9–2 record and 2nd place after the round robin. For the third time in his career, he would advance to

2405-463: The event six times, equalling the most ever with teammates Mark Nichols and Geoff Walker and Albertan Randy Ferbey . Gushue has represented his native Newfoundland and Labrador at every Brier except in 2018 , 2019 , 2021 , 2023 and 2024 , where as defending champion, his rink was designated Team Canada, and at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier , when he was the Wild Card 1 team, as the team missed

2470-421: The final against Guy Hemmings of Quebec . However, at the 1999 Worlds, Stoughton's team would not be as successful as they were in 1996. The team went 9-2, but one of their losses was in the final against Hammy McMillan of Scotland. Stoughton and his Manitoba four-some returned to the 2000 Labatt Brier . The team, who had an excellent round robin, would bow out in the first game of the playoffs, and finish with

2535-453: The final by virtue of winning the 1v2 Page Playoff game, this time over Mike McEwen who had come into the playoffs as the #1 seed (with an identical 9–2 record, broken by virtue of his round robin win over Gushue). In a rematch of the 2016 final, he would face Kevin Koe (now representing Team Canada), who, just as in 2016, had come through the 3–4 game to the final and who had overcome a big deficit (5-3 without hammer) in beating Mike McEwen in

2600-504: The final, where they would have a rematch with Howard, and this time would lose, in a game that would turn when in the 7th end tied 5-5 and with hammer, rather than taking 1, Brad tried an extremely difficult (many said impossible) shot for 3 or 4, which he would miss to give up a crucial steal of 2, firmly handing the momentum over to the Howard side. This choice led to many of his critics again questioning his brash nature of wanting to go for

2665-485: The final, with Team Gushue at 91% and Team Koe at 94%, but the main difference was at skip position, where Brad was a disappointing 81% vs the near-perfect 96% of Kevin Koe. In 2017 he played the Brier in his home province, and there was high hype for him to finally break the 41-year-old drought since the last Newfoundland Brier win and, at long last, win his first Brier after numerous near misses. The previous Brier winners, Jack MacDuff and his teammates from 1976, were in

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2730-472: The final. Gushue seemed ready to add a Brier title to his Olympic Gold, finishing the round robin of the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier with a strong 8–3 record for 2nd place, earning himself a spot in the 1v2 Page Playoff game, where he beat Ontario's Glenn Howard (who he had lost to in the round robin) with a calm, measured performance. Critics said he could not muster without Russ any longer with him to tame his overly aggressive tendencies. His team thus advanced to

2795-454: The final. He won his 10th slam at the end of the season, defeating Glenn Howard at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup . The following season, he won the 2018 Elite 10 , defeating Carruthers in the final. He did not win another Slam until 2021, winning The National by defeating Scotland's Bruce Mouat in the final. He won his 13th Slam at the end of that season, defeating Koe in the final of the 2022 Champions Cup . Gushue won his 14th Slam at

2860-422: The first athlete to retire as 1v1 Champion, winning the fan vote ten times in a row against other spectacular plays in the world of sports. In the playoffs, Gushue would lose both the 1v2 game to the 2014 Olympic and 2013 Brier Champion, Brad Jacobs, and the semifinal to eventual winner Pat Simmons . In the bronze medal game against Steve Laycock 's Saskatchewan team, Gushue would lose in an extra end when he missed

2925-432: The first time since 2014. Due to having represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics , Team Gushue got to bypass the Newfoundland and Labrador playdowns that year, and were allowed to play as the Wild Card #1 team at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier . There, the team went through the pool play undefeated, but lost to Team Canada (skipped by Brendan Bottcher ) in the championship round. This did not eliminate them however, and

2990-519: The gold medal. With his teammates, Gushue became the first Newfoundlander ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Before the gold medal match, a provincial order allowed for the closure of all schools at noon that day, one hour before local coverage of the event began. In 2007, Gushue replaced Mike Adam with Chris Schille as second. A month following their runner-up finish at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton, Gushue announced that Jamie Korab ,

3055-461: The history of the Grand Slam events. Gushue won his 7th Grand Slam at the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open with an 8–3 win over the 2-time World Champion Niklas Edin of Sweden. The following season, he won his eighth career Slam by winning the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge over Slam-newcomers Steffen Walstad 's rink from Norway. He won the next event, the 2017 Masters of Curling , defeating Edin in

3120-407: The mixed once again in 1991. 1991 was the same year Stoughton attended his first Brier. His team of Dave Iverson , Ken Tresoor and Garry VanDenBerghe finished 6-5. Five years later, at the 1996 Labatt Brier , Stoughton and his team of Tresoor, VanDenBerghe, and Steve Gould went all the way, losing only two games en route to the championship, defeating Kevin Martin of Alberta in the final. At

3185-477: The page playoff 1v2 game by a score of 7–4. Once again, they defeated Sweden, this time by a score of 4–2, in the gold medal game to claim the World title. Their performance at the World's earned them a spot in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials . Gushue once again represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship . They finished the round robin with a 9–3 record. In the playoffs, they knocked off

3250-504: The playoffs however, including winning the final against Saskatchewan in a re-match. It was Gushue's sixth Brier title, tying a record held by Randy Ferbey and Gushue's teammates Mark Nichols and Geoff Walker. By winning the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier , Gushue also earned the right to represent Canada at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship . The team finished in first place by going undefeated in round robin play with an 11–0 record. They defeated team Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin in

3315-541: The provincial tankard the following year, and qualify for the 2003 Nokia Brier , where he finished with a 6–5 record. By the 2004 Nokia Brier , Gushue proved not only was he one of the best curlers in Newfoundland, but one of the best in Canada, when his team finished with an 8–4 record. The following year, Gushue qualified for the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier , where his team once again finished 6–5. In May 2005, Gushue brought in former world champion Russ Howard as fifth man on

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3380-434: The rink a trip to the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier . At the Brier, the team finished the round robin in a three-way time for first place with a 9-2 record. After losing to Quebec in the 3 vs. 4 match, they beat them in a re-match to claim the bronze medal. Despite retiring in 2015, Stoughton has made occasional returns to professional events in cameo roles. He participated in the 2017 Elite 10 Grand Slam event and returned to play

3445-479: The round robin and defeating Scotland 's Tom Brewster a total of three times to win his second world title. After was the second World title for both Stoughton and Gould, but after many years the first World title for Jon Mead. Stoughton failed to reach the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier after losing to eventual provincial champion Rob Fowler in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Safeway Championship . A few weeks later, Stoughton dropped lead Steve Gould from his team. It

3510-454: The semi-final. In February 2010 Jeff Stoughton won his 8th Manitoba provincial championship , a record for that province. At the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier , Stoughton finished out of the playoffs despite a 7-4 record. In April 2010 Rob Fowler and Kevin Park quit the team and both decided to skip their own teams for 2010-2011. Jeff brought back his past longtime third Jon Mead , while also acquiring Reid Carruthers to play at second. With

3575-447: The semifinal to Glenn Howard. Still, this would be his first podium finish at the Brier since his silver in 2007 and his second medal overall. Gushue missed the playoffs at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier , posting a 5–6 record. At the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier , his rink made the playoffs again after an 8-3 round robin record. However, the team would lose in the 3v4 Page Playoff game against Northern Ontario, and then they would fall again in

3640-403: The semifinal to eventual world champion Glenn Howard of Ontario, eliminating Kevin Martin in the 3-4 game; Howard held a four-point lead after nine ends, and Stoughton was ready to concede the game; however, CBC , who was broadcasting the game, requested that the tenth end be played for airtime reasons; the two teams ended up throwing all the stones through the house in the tenth end. Following

3705-443: The semifinal. In the final, Gushue made a steal of two in the 4th end which put Stoughton in a 6-2 hole, which proved to be costly. Stoughton was unable to score the needed second point in the 10th end to tie the match, leading him to lose by a final score of 8-7. Following this loss, Stoughton's third, Jon Mead took a four year break from curling (after the upcoming 2006 Brier). After a long break between Briers, in large part due to

3770-478: The semifinals. In the final, starting with near-flawless play, Gushue would jump to a 5–1 lead. However, the team began to struggle slightly, compared to Team Canada, and with Team Koe curling better in the second half of the game, managing to tie the game in the 9th, at 6-6. On his final shot of the 10th end, Gushue nearly came up short in a draw shot, needing to hit the 8 foot to win, but his sweepers were able to get it there for him to finally win his first Brier with

3835-426: The semis of the Masters, the finals of Players Championship, where he lost to Kevin Martin, and at The National facing Randy Ferbey in the final, Gushue won the game, earning his first Grand Slam title of his career. After a stretch of years of some unspectacular results in the Grand Slam events, he would have another strong season in 2013–2014 with two finals, losing in the finals of the National to Glenn Howard and

3900-473: The subsequent World Championship, Stoughton went on to lose just one game, winning the Championship against Warwick Smith of Scotland . At the 1997 Olympic Curling Trials, Jeff and his play played well, but narrowly missed the playoffs at 5-4. Stoughton would return to the 1999 Labatt Brier with 2 new players, Jon Mead and Doug Armstrong replacing Tresoor and Gould. The team went 10-3 winning in

3965-436: The team as lead and Ryan Fry joined the team at second. Gushue failed to make it out of the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials pre-qualifying tournament, where they won just one game. In April 2010, Randy Ferbey joined Gushue's team holding the broom but throwing third rocks. Gushue continued to throw last rocks. Mark Nichols moved from third to second position and Ryan Fry played lead. Jamie Korab decided to take

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4030-498: The team to bring experience and advice for the Canadian Olympic trials. Shortly afterward, second Mike Adam volunteered to step aside for Howard, as the team felt that Howard's skills and experience gave them the best chance to make it to the Olympics. Howard, playing as second, was given the right to call the team's shots as a skip would but would defer to Gushue for the final word on calls. (Under international rules, Howard

4095-505: The team won all three of their games in the page playoffs, including winning the final against Alberta's Kevin Koe . This gave Gushue his fourth career Brier title, equalling the most ever for a skip with Ernie Richardson , Randy Ferbey, and Kevin Martin . As defending champions, Gushue represented Team Canada at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier with new second E. J. Harnden replacing Brett Gallant . The team lost just one game in pool play, and then won all three of their playoff games to claim

4160-460: Was nominally the skip, holding the broom in the house and sweeping opponents' stones behind the tee line.) The personnel change was a success, as Gushue defeated Jeff Stoughton 's team in the Olympic trials final on December 11, 2005, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy. At the Olympics, he defeated surprise finalist Finland 's Markku Uusipaavalniemi to win

4225-494: Was then announced in May 2012 that Mark Nichols would join the team for the next season as lead. Stoughton won his first Canada Cup in 2012 , defeating Glenn Howard 's rink in the final. This gave his team a berth in the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in his hometown of Winnipeg. Later in the season, Stoughton won the 2013 The National , completing a career Grand Slam. He qualified for his 10th Brier of his career by winning

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