In Brad Gushue’s first curling event of his retirement tour, he won’t be playing for a championship.

A rough week for the St. John’s legend ended on Friday after Gushue and his Team Canada fell short in its last opportunity to advance towards playoff contention.

Although he was eliminated, 16 draws couldn’t determine the playoff field at this year’s AMJ Masters on the men’s side — they’ll need one more on Saturday — while on the women’s side, the field is set.

Friday’s results (Full scores and standings)

Draw 13 Tabata 9, Skrlik 4 Tirinzoni 5, Yoshimura 4 Ha 6, Schwaller 4 Retornaz 6, Dropkin 5 (SO)

Draw 14 Whyte 9, Hoesli 5 Kleiter 6, Mouat 5 (SO) Gim 10, Einarson 4 Wrana 6, Fujisawa 4

Draw 15 Jacobs 10, Edin 1 Epping 4, Muskatewitz 2 McEwen 5, Gushue 3 Y. Schwaller 8, Dunstone 6

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