Canada’s Brad Gushue won against Czechia’s Lukas Klima 9-8 in an additional end on Saturday at the world men’s curling championship.
Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., did a hit-and-stick to win the first game in the round-robin at the IWC Arena.
His team of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker was set to play against Germany’s Marc Muskatewitz later in the day.
In other early games, American John Shuster started with a 5-3 victory over Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller and Sweden’s Niklas Edin defeated Wouter Goesgens of the Netherlands 8-1.
Defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland achieved a 10-3 win against South Korea’s Jongduk Park.
The top six teams in the 13-team field will qualify for the weekend playoffs. Canada is aiming for its first gold medal at this event since Gushue’s 2017 title in Edmonton.
