Team Canada's Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen upset Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs 6-5 in an extra end of Sunday's final of the Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.
With a guarded Northern Ontario stone on the four-foot rings, Simmons drew for a piece of the button and the win.
"I'm really proud of the boys for hanging in there today," Simmons said. "It was a tough mental battle out there against a great team."
The Glencoe Club foursome from Calgary will represent Canada at the Ford World Curling Championship in Halifax later this month and earned an automatic entry into next year's Brier in Ottawa as Team Canada again.
A shakeup to their lineup earlier in the week transformed the team into a contender.
Morris made the eyebrow-raising decision that night to demote himself to third and hand skipping duties over to Simmons. They went on a 5-1 run with their lone loss to Jacobs and claimed the fourth and final playoff berth with a 7-4 record.
Team Canada won two hard playoff games Saturday, with the first going an extra end against Saskatchewan and the semifinal coming down to Simmons' last rock against Gushue.
"I'm drained. I'm sure the guys are too," Simmons said. "We went through a lot and more than most teams would go through in a week like this obviously."
Down two points coming home with hammer, Northern Ontario scored a deuce to force the extra end. Simmons attempted a runback double with his last throw for the win, but left one in the rings for a Jacobs draw for two.
Canada led for the first time after the ninth end when Simmons drew for a piece of the button and a pivotal three-pointer.
Jacobs had attempted to nestle between two Canadian counters on the button and force Simmons to one point. The skip was slightly heavy on his draw and left the opening for Simmons' deuce.
Jacobs needed a big effort from his sweepers in the eighth end to draw the eight-foot rings against four Canadian counters. He scored one to lead 3-2.
Canada tied it in the seventh when Jacobs' attempted runback double cleared just the top stone. Simmons was left with an open draw for two.
Four blanked ends to open a championship game was a Brier record. As the higher playoff seed, Jacobs started with last-rock advantage.
He finally scored his two in the fifth with a mid-weight double raise to the button. He tapped Canada's stone out the back and left a second Northern Ontario counter undisturbed on the four-foot rings.
Team Canada earns a combined $75,000 in prize money and sponsorship money for wearing crests.
They're eligible for up to $144,000 over a two-year period from Sport Canada, as well as funding from Own The Podium for training and competition costs. Second place was worth $55,000, the bronze $45,000 and fourth $35,000.
They gain automatic entry into this year's Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling and next year's World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling in Las Vegas. They've also qualified for the 2017 pre-trials for the next Winter Olympics.
Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock beat Gushue 7-5 in an extra end in the bronze-medal game.
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