suffered his first loss at the National, falling 5-2 to John Morris of Vernon, B.C., on Friday in their final round-robin game. The loss dropped Gushue to 3-1 — still good for first place in Pool A and a guaranteed playoff spot — while handing him his first defeat of this season at a Grand Slam of Curling event. Gushue went unbeaten to win both the season-opening Tour Challenge in September and the Masters last month. Simmons (2-2) played Toronto's John Epping in a tiebreaker later Friday. Winnipeg's Mike McEwen and Greg Balsdon of Kingston, Ont., also needed a tiebreaking after both closed round-robin play at 2-2.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2017 00:56 UTC