Defending champion Jacobs improves to 4-0 at Brier with win over King
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ST. JOHN’S – Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone defeated Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories 8-3 on Monday to remain unbeaten at the Montana’s Brier.
Dunstone moved into a first-place tie with Alberta’s Kevin Koe in the Pool B standings at 3-0. Koe was idle for the afternoon session.
Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen beat Northern Ontario’s Sandy MacEwan 5-1, Manitoba’s Braden Calvert doubled British Columbia’s Cody Tanaka 8-4, and New Brunswick’s James Grattan defeated Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin 9-6.
McEwen was alone in third place at 3-1 and Calvert was next at 2-1. The top three teams in each nine-team pool will qualify for the playoffs.
In the morning draw, Canada’s unbeaten Brad Jacobs rolled to an 8-2 win over Ontario’s Jayden King. Jacobs won gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics last month in Italy. King (3-2) bounced back in the evening draw to beat winless Derek Samagalski (0-5) of Nunavut 8-3 in nine ends.
Six-time Brier champion Brad Gushue matched Jacobs at 4-0 in Pool A with an 8-5 win in nine ends over fellow Newfoundland and Labrador skip Nathan Young in the evening session. Young slipped to 2-3.
Tyler Smith (2-3) of Prince Edward Island scored two in the 10th end to edge Kelly Knapp (1-3) of Saskatchewan 8-6, and Jean-Michel Ménard of Quebec stole two in the 10th end to beat Kendal Thompson of Nova Scotia 8-5. Menard improved to 3-1 and moved into third place behind Jacobs and Gushue. Thompson slipped to 1-3.
In other morning results, Nova Scotia’s Thompson downed Young 11-2, Smith’s P.E.I. crew defeated Nunavut’s Samagalski 10-5, and Ménard scored two in the 10th to beat Saskatchewan’s Knapp 8-7.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 2, 2026.