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Playoffs set at Brier: Buffalo teams lead charge among six still standing

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Winnipeg 's Matt Dunstone and Reid Carruthers are among six teams left in the bid for the Canadian men’s curling championship.

Dunstone's 7-6 victory over defending three -time champion Brad Gushue lifts Winnipeg into first place in Pool A.

Northern Ontario's John Epping and Carruther are matched at 6-2 after round- robin wrap -up Thursday .

With the top three teams from each pool determined, it’s onward to the qualifying round, which remains the same — a Page playoff-type format — from the 2024 Brier in Regina .

The winners of those 1 -v-2 seeding games advance to the playoff round Saturday , while the losers drop to the third -place teams in each pool (Carruthers and Mooibroek/Purcell), which are elimination contests.

With just four teams remaining, the Page playoff kicks in again Saturday and Sunday .

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