The fans were already roaring as soon as hometown heroes Team Brad Gushue stepped onto the ice for warmups ahead of Draw 3 Tuesday in the KIOTI National.
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The close-to-capacity crowd at the Mary Brown’s Centre grew louder during the player introductions and all through the game as an emotional Gushue earned a 6-2 victory over Germany’s Team Marc Muskatewitz on the opening day of the Grand Slam of Curling event.
It was the first time Gushue had played in the building since winning his first Brier championship in 2017 and although he’s had cheers during warmups before, he said it was still awesome and pretty cool.
“Before the game in anticipation of announcing our team they were standing up and cheering, I had to bite my lip,” Gushue said. “I was getting a little bit emotional and I could feel my eyes starting to fill up. I was like, OK, announce it so we can get to the game because the last thing I wanted to do was get super emotional right before the game but it was hard not to.
“I’m certainly appreciative of the support we’ve had over my whole career and it’s going to be a special week no matter what the result is. I’m pretty happy with our team’s performance and to go out with the nerves that we had and the feelings that we had and to perform the way we did.”
Tickets for the event sold faster than a Taylor Swift concert (something Gushue attended this past weekend) and when comparing the two crowds, he said with a laugh: “There wasn’t as much shrieking as we got at Taylor Swift.”
“They were loud, they were appreciative and we felt the energy out there, which they made it special for us here today,” Gushue said. “I’m sure they’re going to make it special over the next three, four, five days or however long we’re in the event.”
Even though it’s a home event for Gushue, he’s sticking to his team’s routine on the road by staying in hotels and eating at restaurants.
“There are enough distractions this week that we didn’t need to add any more by staying at home because when you stay at home you want to do work around the house and you’ve got other responsibilities,” Gushue said. “Just trying to stay away from that and focus on the event here itself.”
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The close-to-capacity crowd at the Mary Brown’s Centre grew louder during the player introductions and all through the game as an emotional Gushue earned a 6-2 victory over Germany’s Team Marc Muskatewitz on the opening day of the Grand Slam of Curling event.
It was the first time Gushue had played in the building since winning his first Brier championship in 2017 and although he’s had cheers during warmups before, he said it was still awesome and pretty cool.
“Before the game in anticipation of announcing our team they were standing up and cheering, I had to bite my lip,” Gushue said. “I was getting a little bit emotional and I could feel my eyes starting to fill up. I was like, OK, announce it so we can get to the game because the last thing I wanted to do was get super emotional right before the game but it was hard not to.
“I’m certainly appreciative of the support we’ve had over my whole career and it’s going to be a special week no matter what the result is. I’m pretty happy with our team’s performance and to go out with the nerves that we had and the feelings that we had and to perform the way we did.”
Tickets for the event sold faster than a Taylor Swift concert (something Gushue attended this past weekend) and when comparing the two crowds, he said with a laugh: “There wasn’t as much shrieking as we got at Taylor Swift.”
“They were loud, they were appreciative and we felt the energy out there, which they made it special for us here today,” Gushue said. “I’m sure they’re going to make it special over the next three, four, five days or however long we’re in the event.”
Even though it’s a home event for Gushue, he’s sticking to his team’s routine on the road by staying in hotels and eating at restaurants.
“There are enough distractions this week that we didn’t need to add any more by staying at home because when you stay at home you want to do work around the house and you’ve got other responsibilities,” Gushue said. “Just trying to stay away from that and focus on the event here itself.”