Canadian skips Gushue and Dunstone lose opening games at Masters

By The Canadian Press on December 6, 2022.

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Canadian skips Brad Gushue and Matt Dunstone dropped their opening games Tuesday at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Masters event.

Yannick Schwaller’s Swiss side ran Gushue out of rocks in a 5-3 victory at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex.

Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell scored a single in the eighth end for a 5-4 win over Dunstone.

At No. 2, Dunstone’s Winnipeg-based rink is the top-ranked Canadian team on the year-to-date world rankings list. Sweden’s Niklas Edin is No. 1 and Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., is third.

In other early games, Toronto’s John Epping defeated Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers 7-3 and Scotland’s Bruce Mouat dumped American Korey Dropkin 8-2.

Four draws are scheduled on the day. Play continues through Sunday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2022.

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