{"id":12316,"date":"2025-11-24T20:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/gushue-dunstone-improve-to-3-0-at-canadian-olympic-curling-trials\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:47:14","slug":"gushue-dunstone-improve-to-3-0-at-canadian-olympic-curling-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/gushue-dunstone-improve-to-3-0-at-canadian-olympic-curling-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Gushue, Dunstone improve to 3-0 at Canadian Olympic curling trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Brad Gushue improved to 3-0 at the Canadian curling trials with a 5-3 win over John Epping in Monday\u2019s opening draw in Halifax.Einarson also has won her first 3 matches, tops women\u2019s standings in HalifaxThe Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Nov 24, 2025 12:12 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.St. John\u2019s skip Brad Gushue, pictured, defeated Ontario counterpart John Epping in a low-scoring contest Monday morning by stealing a point in the third and sixth ends at the Canadian Olympic curling trials in Halifax.  (Darren Calabrese\/Canadian Press)Brad Gushue improved to 3-0 at the Canadian curling trials with a 5-3 win over John Epping in Monday\u2019s opening draw in Halifax.  Gushue\u2019s team from St. John\u2019s won the low-scoring contest by stealing a point in the third and sixth ends. Gushue\u2019s rink also took care of the rock with the hammer by not giving up a steal to Epping\u2019s Toronto-based team.  An angle tap in the eighth end allowed Gushue to score one and extend his lead to 5-2.\u201dThat tap was a big one. If you give up a steal there, a little momentum shifts to John\u2019s side,\u201d Gushue told Devin Heroux of CBC Sports. \u201cPut the broom in the right spot, guys swept it great and I threw pretty good.\u201dHe mentioned a few more mistakes in Monday\u2019s game compared to Sunday but noted the ice was a bit trickier.Gushue added nerves and motivation are present and he\u2019s happy with the team\u2019s perfomance.\u201dIt\u2019s still early in the week but, obviously, being 3-0 is a good place, and I like how we\u2019re throwing,\u201d he said. \u201cBig game tonight against [Winnipeg skip] Matt [Dunstone] and see if we can come out on top there.\u201dWATCH | CBC Sports\u2019 Devin Heroux previews Canadian Olympic curling trials:Olympic spots are on the line at the 2025 Canadian Curling Trials in HalifaxCBC Sports\u2019 Devin Heroux previews the upcoming 2025 Canadian Curling Trials from Halifax.Gushue, the 2006 Olympic champion, is hoping to represent Canada at the Winter Games once again in his final competitive season.  He also led Canada to bronze at the 2022 Olympics.  Dunstone also improved to 3-0 with a 7-3 win over Saskatoon\u2019s Ryan Kleiter. Dunstone went up 5-1 after five ends and cruised to victory from there.  \u2018Can\u2019t wait\u2019 to play GushueHe\u2019s excited about the Gushue matchup, calling him the greatest Canadian curler all-time.\u201dI\u2019m pumped, can\u2019t wait,\u201d Dunstone said. \u201d I hope it\u2019s going to be one helluva battle.\u201dDunstone pointed out his team picked up \u201ca cheeky deuce\u201d in the first end and wanted to control the scoreboard thereafter.\u201dPut a little pressure on [Kleiter\u2019s rink] and I like where [our] team\u2019s at right now,\u201d he added. \u201c\u201dThey\u2019ve been the best team in Canada this year \u2014 their runs at the [Grand Slams of Curling] and PointsBet [Invitational],\u201d Gushue said of Dunstone and his teammates. \u201cThey\u2019ve been playing incredibly well.\u201dWe\u2019re going to have to position our rocks [precisely] with the way Matt and Colton [Lott] can throw those big-weight hits.\u201dThe winners of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions at the curling trials will represent Canada at the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy.      In other early draw results, Calgary\u2019s Kevin Koe scored three in the ninth end in an 8-7 win over Winnipeg\u2019s Jordon McDonald, and 2014 Olympic champion Brad Jacobs and his Calgary squad beat Saskatoon\u2019s Mike McEwen 6-3.  Koe and Jacobs were tied for third at 2-1, while Epping and McEwen fell to 1-3, and Kleiter and McDonald dropped to 0-3.  Homan rebounds after win streak was haltedOn the women\u2019s side, Rachel Homan rebounded from a rare setback with a 12-5 victory over Selena Sturmay in the afternoon draw.Homan improved to 3-1 in Halifax, returning to her winning ways after an extra-end loss to Kayla Skrlik on Sunday ended her 32-game winning streak against Canadian opponents.The Ottawa-based team took control of the match against Edmonton\u2019s Sturmay with a five-point third end that gave it an 8-2 lead.\u201dIt\u2019s a short round robin so you have to come out strong every game, and anything in the past, nothing can be changed about that,\u201d Homan said. \u201cYou just have to move forward and come with your best game the next day.\u201d Homan, the two-time defending Canadian and world women\u2019s champion, moved into sole possession of second in the women\u2019s standings, behind unbeaten Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man.Einarson improved to 4-0 with a 6-4 win over Winnipeg\u2019s Kaitlyn Lawes. Leading 2-1, Einarson\u2019s rink scored three in the fifth end and never looked back.\u201dI know this team and I know they don\u2019t give up,\u201d she said. \u201d I told the girls after the fifth-end break we gotta keep at them because [Lawes and company] won\u2019t give up. Definitely felt the pressure a little bit and came out with the [win].\u201dIn other afternoon results, Christina Black of Halifax won 9-4 over Corryn Brown of Kamloops, B.C.) and Skrlik scored two in the 10th end for a 7-6 victory over Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man.Lawes, Sturmay, Black and Skrlik were part of a logjam at 2-2.Brown fell to 1-3 while Cameron is still chasing her first win at 0-4.     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