(VIDEO) Saskatchewan skip Steve Laycock pulls off what looks like the shot of the Brier. Then, Brad Gushue one ups him

Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock might just have earned himself 'shot of the week,' at the 2015 Brier.

(UPDATE: Just a few minutes after I posted this blog, Newfoundland & Labrador's Brad Gushue added his own nominee for 'shot of the week,' with an amazing game-winner versus Alberta. You can see that below the video of Laycock's shot)

In the seventh end of Wednesday afternoon's game versus Brad Jacobs and Northern Ontario, Laycock's team was in trouble. His 'get out of jail card' came in the form of a very difficult shot, where he may have been hoping to pull off a double take out. Instead, what he got was a quadruple take out, bringing on an uproarious response from the crowd at Calgary's Saddledome. Have a look:

Jacobs did follow up with a triple of his own, meaning seven rocks disappeared in just two shots. Laycock's was a very, very difficult proposition, with a razor thin margin for error. He had to fire a missile just past - and I mean just past - a centre guard in order to have a chance to score the double and, perhaps, TSN commentator Russ Howard thought, spin another of the Northern Ontario rocks into the back of the four foot.

Laycock, who does lift the rock in his backswing when firing take outs, might just have brought this particular stone back a little farther and higher, as he needed all kinds of mustard on it in order to pull off the quad.

Coincidentally, it was a Saskatchewan shooter who provided one of -  if not the - best shots of The Scotties, two weeks ago. That was Stephanie Schmidt, who negotiated a crowd-pleasing triple peel in the eleventh end of  her team's playoff game against Team Canada. You can see that shot here.

UPDATE: Gushue's stunner

Final rock, tenth end, in a 7-7 tie. Newfoundland & Labrador skip Brad Gushue was staring down what looked like an impossible proposition, with two Alberta stones buried on the button. He had just a prayer left. A long run-back of an Alberta centre guard. Throw it hard, raise your own stone in the eight-foot and then hope to get a little action. Boy, howdy, did he ever:

Post by Canadian Curling Association.

Just your ordinary, everyday, double run-back, double takeout. Amazing. Lively rocks, great ice and spectacular shotmaking ability on the part of Gushue made it possible. Gushue was thrilled in the post game scrum:

Pretty incredible stuff. Two spectacular shots, one afternoon.