Newfoundland/Labrador's Brad Gushue is starting to make some noise at the Tim Hortons Brier Canadian men's curling championship in Winnipeg.

After losing their first two games at the MTS Centre, Gushue and his St. John's foursome — third Mark Nichols, second Chris Schille and lead Dave Noftall — have put together a three-game win streak, including Monday night's 10-7 extra-end win over Quebec's Jean-Michel Menard.

Newfoundland/Labrador found itself down 5-2 after five ends, giving up a steal of two in the third end, but rallied to tie the game with a 10th-end deuce. And in the 11th, Gushue made a double takeout and forced Menard to attempt a wide inturn draw to bite the button that failed to curl enough, giving Gushue a steal of three.

"It was really bad at the beginning, but again we seemed to hang tough and made some real big shots in the extra end," said Gushue. "That was a big one; not exactly the way we wanted to do it, but once you do it that way, it's pretty satisfying. Those are the games you need to win championships. We had them at the (2005 Olympic) Trials, we had them at the Olympics and even at the provincials. You need to squeak a few out and maybe win a couple you're not supposed to win."

In other Draw 8 play, B.C.'s Bob Ursel capped a two-win day by doubling Chad Cowan of the Yukon/Northwest Territories 10-5. B.C., 2-3, opened with deuces in the first and third ends before taking control with four in the fourth end. The Territories dropped to 1-4 with the loss.

Prince Edward Island's Peter Gallant earned his first win of the Brier, stealing three in the sixth end and scoring six more in the eighth in a 13-3 win over Brian Rafuse of Nova Scotia, leaving both teams with 1-4 records.

And in the other late-shift game, New Brunswick's James Grattan made a delicate come-around tap with his final rock of the 10th end to score the winning point in a 9-8 victory over Eric Harnden of Northern Ontario. New Brunswick improved to 2-3 with the win, while Northern Ontario suffered its fourth loss in five games.

The top four teams in the standings — Ontario's Glenn Howard (5-0), Alberta's Kevin Martin (5-0), Manitoba's Kerry Burtnyk (4-1) and Saskatchewan's Pat Simmons (4-1) all had byes in Draw 8.

Play at the the Tim Hortons Brier resumes Tuesday, with games scheduled for 9:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. (all times Eastern); curltv.com will show the morning draw, while the latter two draws will be on TSN.