Exhaustion setting in as Jacobs, Gushue prepare for one last battle
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Brad Gushue kept the hopes of an entire province alive on Friday night, winning a do-or-die matchup against Team Ontario to advance in the playoff round at his final Brier.
Gushue downed Ontario's Jayden King 12-6 in a game that was closer at times than the final score would suggest.
On the next sheet over, Team Canada rolled over Manitoba's Braden Calvert by a score of 7-3.
Jacobs and Gushue will now face off on Saturday afternoon, with the winner advancing to the semifinals on Sunday.
"We still have to win three more games," Gushue said afterwards. "Tough road ahead, but obviously [this was] the first step tonight."
Jacobs wasted no time getting off the ice after his game, which wrapped up after 10 p.m. local time. He didn't attempt to hide his fatigue when speaking with reporters.
"I don't care. I'm done with this day. That was a long day, we're exhausted and I'm just ready for bed," he said.
The team is fresh off a gold-medal performance in Italy, and has been battling illness since landing in Newfoundland. Despite that, they went 7-1 in the round robin at the Brier, losing only to Team Gushue.
Both Gushue and Jacobs lost their playoff openers on Friday afternoon, meaning their potential path to the championship is two games longer.
It's the same path Jacobs took last year when he won the Brier after losing his first playoff game, but the skip admitted he doesn't know if his team can do it again.
"Everyday is really tough. It gets really, really hard to muster up the energy to care," he said. "I don't know if we have the energy to do it again. Time will tell."
Also tired, Brad Gushue said he's been buoyed by the fan support throughout the tournament.
"We're getting down to the nitty gritty here. There's not going to be too many games. Once we lose we're done. [I'm] trying to enjoy every moment," he said. "That was one thing I kind of struggled with a little bit in that game, is that emotion and thinking, you know, what if we don't win this one and that's the last one?"
Gushue said he'll need to work on quieting that voice in his head, and focusing on the gameplay against Jacobs on Saturday.
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