The Brad Gushue team from St. John’s NL, which now includes two PEI natives – Brett Gallant and Adam Casey, won their opening game this morning, at the Baden Masters, the first event in the men’s World Curling Tour, in Baden, Switzerland, with an 8-5 victory over Alexsey Tselousov of Moscow, Russia, picking up 4 points in the third end on the way to the win.
The event, which wraps up Sunday, has a total purse of almost $30,000 Cdn. The Team Gushue roster has Casey playing third, Gallant second, and Geoff Walker at lead. Team Gushue, the only Canadian rink in the event, are now playing the Swiss rink skipped by Mark Pfister in draw 3, which got underway at 7:30 Atlantic.
Click for event results at the World Curling Tour website.
Click for event website (in German)