Canada skip Gushue a win away from world title despite nagging hip/groin injury
EDMONTON — There was a time last summer when Canada skip Brad Gushue didn’t know if he’d be able to play in a single game this season.
A left hip/groin injury that first bothered him in the spring was not progressing the way he expected.
“It was a real mental struggle and emotional too,” Gushue said. “You didn’t know where that light at the end of the tunnel was when I was going to be able to throw again.”
Mark Nichols took over as skip for the first few months with substitutes filling in at third. Gushue eventually returned in December and has continued regular physiotherapy, massage work and stretching routines since.