SASKATOON - Audio was not required for Brad Gushues fourth-end meeting with his teammates Sunday at the Canadian mens curling championship Sunday. The body language of the skip and his curling team from Newfoundland and Labrador said it all when they congregated where the ice and blue carpet meet. Tied 2-2 against Ontarios Glenn Howard at that point, Gushue delivered a few terse words while turned partially away from Ryan Fry, Adam Casey and Geoff Walker. They listened with chastised expressions. Its been that kind of start for Newfoundland. Gushue skipped Canada to its first Olympic gold medal in mens curling in 2006. His team was considered a second-tier contender at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier behind Alberta and Ontario because of the elite curling experience Gushue has amassed at 31. Hes skipping his province at the Brier for a ninth time. Gushues team was a runner-up in 2007 and finished third last year in London, Ont. But Newfoundland stumbled out of the gates this year at 0-3, with two of those losses in an extra end. They fell 6-5 to Ontario in 11 ends Sunday afternoon. A new young front end playing in their first Brier, plus the move of Fry from second to third, requires Gushue to now be a teacher as well as a teammate. "Theres times throughout the year where you have to be the teacher. You have to revert back to being a teammate pretty quick," Gushue observed. "Thats something Ive never had to do before. "Especially in moments like this when theyre not used to it and I am, sometimes I expect a little bit more because to me, this is exciting, fun, its normal. For them, its abnormal. They havent played in front of 10,000 people before. It is an adjustment and its going to take time." Pre-tournament favourite Kevin Koe of Alberta was the lone undefeated team at 3-0 after the opening weekend. The Calgary Glencoe Club foursome picked up a pair of easy wins Sunday with a 9-2 thrashing of Quebec and a 9-4 victory against New Brunswick. "Our plan going out there was to play aggressive and hopefully get off to a good lead," Koe said. "Once we get up, were pretty strong." Manitobas Rob Fowler won his third in a row -- an 8-3 win over Prince Edward Island -- to sit 3-1 alongside Nova Scotias Jamie Murphy. "Having been around these events a lot watching family play and curling with (former champion) Jeff Stoughton, momentum is a huge thing," said Fowler, whose mother Lois and father Brian both played in Canadian championships. "If we can maintain that, its going to be very helpful for us. We get a bit of a break now, just the one game tomorrow, and if we can use that momentum to get a win, well be happy with where were at." Murphys winning streak ended at three as his Halifax foursome fell 8-6 to New Brunswicks Terry Odishaw. Ontarios Glenn Howard, Jamie Koe of Yukon/Northwest Territories, Northern Ontarios Brad Jacobs and Saskatchewans Scott Manners were all 2-1. Jamie Koe, who is Kevins brother, beat both Northern Ontario and Ontario on Sunday. "Its always good to beat one of the top teams in the world," he said after a 10-6 win an extra end over Howard in the evening draw. Howard played without regular lead Craig Savill who was ill. Howards son Scott played instead. Quebecs Robert Desjardins and B.C.s Jim Cotter were both 2-1. New Brunswick was 1-3 and Prince Edward Islands Mike Gaudet was winless in four games. Gushue and former teammates Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adams were all on the same learning curve a decade ago en route to the 2005 Olympic trials. Adams agreed to step aside and become an alternate prior to the trials, so Gushue could insert veteran Russ Howard into the lineup for an experienced voice on the team. As Russ Howard mentored Gushue en route to gold in Turin, Italy, now Gushue shepherds an inexperienced team on the national curling stage. Up until this season he had Nichols at third, but Gushues long-time teammate decided last spring he needed a break from the sport. Gushue predicted the day before this years Brier got underway that his team could be "really good or really bad." "Its somewhere in between to be quite honest," he said Sunday. "Its not really bad by any means. Were right there and one shot, we win each game. But its not really good either. We need to get the really good going for the next seven or eight games." Gushue opened the 2007 national championship 1-3 and still reached the final. "Were not counting ourselves out," he said. "Definitely it seems like if it can go wrong, its going wrong for us right now. Thats a challenging thing. Youve got to try and stay positive, youve got to try and throw the rock well. "Eventually it all evens out. 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