Bruce Mouat and Brad Jacobs are considered two of the best skips in the world, and they played a match for the ages on Saturday.

In the 10th end of Saturday’s gold medal game at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, the prowess of the skips was on full display. On his first throw, Mouat faced two Canadian stones, one biting the button and one on the right side of the four-foot. He eliminated both, leaving his team sitting two while trailing, 8-6. 

Jacobs matched him, coming up with his own double as his teammates swept with everything they had to force the second Team GB stone out of the house so they wouldn’t have a chance at lying three.

Mouat only had one choice with his hammer – Canada had two stones sitting in a line at the top of the 12-foot, and Mouat had to take out both. He sent a stone down the ice that was on a perfect line, but didn’t hit right. It was hard enough to force out the first rock, but the second sat still, giving the Canadians a steal of one, and more importantly the win.

It’s Canada’s first men's curling Olympic gold medal since 2014.

"Disappointment is probably the first one but, yeah, just trying to find the pride in everything we did this week to get us to this point," Mouat said. "It wasn't an easy week. We had to battle very hard. Just very proud of having something to take home and hopefully inspire other people to take up curling."

"It’s really a dream come true," said Team Canada's Brett Gallant. "We might never have accomplished it without those three guys and their experience. This is probably the most difficult competition to win, and we relied on each other through all the challenges. The opponent we had today, they’re the best team in the world, and we knew it would take everything we had and probably a few breaks to win that game. But it’s the team, it’s those three guys who have done it before and guided me through it. I was just trying to support them, too. So it’s really the team that got us this far and got us to the podium."

The two teams were tied, 3-3, at the halfway mark, each with one two point end and one single.

Mouat showed his might in the sixth. The Canadian had two stones sitting inside – one on the eight-foot and one on the back of the four-foot. They were far apart, but not far enough for the Great Britain. He played the double to perfection hitting the side stone then bouncing off the one in the back, leaving his team with two and a 5-4 lead.

Canada got one back in the seventh, and forced Great Britain to just one in the eighth after Jacobs got a takeout and left his stone in the house, eliminating the chance for Mouat to get a double-takeout and blank the end.

In the ninth, Canada had three stones splayed across the house with no Team GB stones on the final throws. Mouat opted to throw a freeze against the Canadian stone in the four-foot. It was throw well, but just slightly overswept, and left just inches of room between the two rocks. 

The inches was all Jacobs needed. He took out Mouat’s rock, giving his team three points and an 8-6 lead with just one end to play.

It was just the second three-point end Great Britain allowed the entire tournament.

Jacobs shot 86 percent on the game, including 92 percent on takeouts with a team-high 12. 

Canada shot 87 percent as a team, and 90 percent on takeouts.

Mouat had a game-high 15 takeouts and shot 85 percent. His team shot 86 percent on all shots.

"I can tell you what's going to happen tonight is that we're going to enjoy our celebrations with all our friends and family that have come out, and then we're just going to regroup when we get home, figure out what we're going to do," Mouat said. "I know one thing is for sure, that we've all got a lot of drive and passion... Who knows, is the real thing to say, I guess."

"I love these guys," said Mouat's teammate Grant Hardie. "It's been an amazing eight, nine years together. Something we've probably never said to each other, but we all knew the reason we were doing it every day was to come here and win the gold medal... It just hurts the worst."

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