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Northern Ontario skip Brad Jacobs gestures to his teammates as he plays Newfoundland and Labrador during playoff curling action at the Brier in Calgary, Friday, March 6, 2015.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs is a win away from his second Canadian men's curling championship in three years.

His Sault Ste. Marie foursome downed Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador 7-5 in Friday's Page playoff between the top two seeds.

Jacobs, third Ryan Fry and the front end of E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden earned an express ticket to Sunday's championship game.

Gushue drops to Saturday's semifinal to face the winner of the playoff between Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock and Team Canada's John Morris. The semifinal winner faces Gushue on Sunday.

Jacobs and his current teammates won their first Canadian title two years ago in Edmonton.

They didn't participate in last year's Tim Hortons Brier because they represented Canada at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and won gold there.

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