Team Canada will play in the final of the World Men’s Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. On Saturday, Team Gushue locked up a 9-4 victory over Scotland’s Bruce Mouat in eight ends.
Canada, represented by Team Gushue — skip Brad Gushue, vice-skip Mark Nichols, second E.J. Harnden, lead Geoff Walker, and alternate Kyle Doering — improves their record to 10-2 and will face Sweden’s Niklas Edin in the final on Sunday. It will be a match-up with a taste of revenge for Team Gushue, who fell to Sweden 6-5 during the preliminary phase.
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Facing Scotland, currently ranked second in the world, the Canadians played a solid game getting off to a sharp start with two in the first end. Scotland countered with two of its own in the second, making it a 2-2 game heading into the third end. Blanking the third end, the Scottish stole one in the fourth end. In the fifth, Canada was sitting with two but was forced to a single bringing it back to a tie at 3-3.
Bringing the pressure, Canada took advantage of an error from their opponents to make a move in the sixth end. After a tight start to the match, Scottish captain Bruce Mouat attempted to take the lead, but his last stone came up short. The Canadians stole three points to take complete control for a 6-3 advantage in a stunning turn of events. Canada forced Scotland to take a single in the seventh before the Scots conceded in the eighth after a draw was light, allowing Canada to score three more and confirm their victory.
In the other semifinal match, Sweden dominated Italy 5-1. On Sunday, Gushue and Edin will meet in the final for the fourth time in the past seven events.
Canada will attempt to win their first world title since 2017. In five world championship appearances together, Gushue, Nichols, and Walker have never missed the playoffs. They collected silver medals in 2018, 2022, and 2023, which was their first season with Harnden.
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By securing their spot in the top six, Team Gushue have also booked themselves a spot in the four-player Canadian Curling Trials that will take place in November 2025 and will determine who will be Team Canada in men’s curling at Milano Cortina 2026. The results from this year’s worlds will be combined with those at next year’s worlds to decide the first eight countries to earn Olympic qualification.
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