Mount Pearl native Brad Gushue says he plans on using experience from his curling career to help guide the U.S. to an Olympic gold.

Earlier this week, Gushue was named High Performance Director for USA Curling, after being sought out following his retirement last season.

Gushue admits there will be a learning curve, but says he’s up to the challenge.

“It’s quite a bit different. I don’t know how different it is at this point. Over the next number of months, I’m going to have to learn the system a little bit better and things that they do differently down there than we did here in Canada,” he says.

“At the end of the day, it’s still the game of curling and that’s something that I know very well and I think that’s going to translate pretty easily.”

Gushue says he plans to work and stay in St. John’s and travel to the U.S. during big events.