Canada overcame the United States today (Oct. 29) at the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex.
Skip Brad Gushue, vice-skip Mark Nichols, second Brendan Bottcher, and lead Geoff Walker made shots late in the game to take a 7-5 win and continue a now four-game winning streak.
Gushue's most crucial shot was Canada's last in the 10th end. Leading by one but without hammer, the Canadians made a hit-and-roll behind cover to sit one.
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The Americans gifted Canada the opportunity after being wide on a freeze attempt that would have extinguished Canada's hopes of being victorious.
Team Shuster had a difficult double takeout to score but missed.
"That was our first 10-end game and it's nice to feel that pressure," said Nichols. "We've got to make those shots at the end of the game, put pressure on the other team and not the other way around or give them breaks. We've got things to clean up, but it's a win and we're moving on to tonight."
Team Gushue's second game of the day is today at 7 p.m., against Japan's Team Shinya Abe.
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