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Playoffs Day 1 at the Brier: Brad Gushue 'proved why he's Brad Gushue'

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Defending three -time champion Brad Gushue defeats Nova Scotia ’s Owen Purcell in 1 -v-2 qualifying game.

Calgary 's Brad Jacobs and Alberta 's Geoff Walker win 9-6 in the final game of the Canadian championship.

Gushu , Jacobs and Calgary 's Mike McEwen also in the same boat after losing to Manitoba 's Matt Dunstone in the other playoff game Friday afternoon .

The Dunstone victory over McEwen came courtesy of a surgical removal of a Saskatchewan rock in the sixth end to give the Fort Rouge Curling Club crew a critical deuce.

Saturday ’s schedule features the 3 -v-4 Page playoff game between Gushue and Dunstone in the evening ( 9:30 p.m. ET).

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