EDMONTON — Canada's Brad Gushue defeated Dutch skip Jaap Van Dorp 8-3 on Wednesday to remain unbeaten at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship.
Gushue opened with a three-point first end and added a steal of one in the third. Van Dorp was forced to a single in the fourth and Gushue tacked on a deuce in the fifth end.
The Dutch side scored two points in the seventh but Gushue replied with a deuce to improve his round-robin record to 8-0.
Gushue can secure a spot in the Page playoff 1-2 game with a victory over Japan's Yusuke Morozumi in the afternoon.
The top four teams will make the playoffs.
The 1-2 game between the first two seeds is set for Friday night. The winner will advance to Sunday's gold-medal game.
The Page 3-4 game between the third and fourth seeds will be played Saturday afternoon. The winner advances to the evening semifinal and the loser will play for bronze Sunday against the semifinal loser.
Kevin Koe skipped Canada to a gold medal at last year's world championship in Basel, Switzerland.
Gushue beat Koe in the Tim Hortons Brier final last month in St. John's.
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