Mike McEwen took care of his own business, and then he watched gratefully as Kevin Koe did him a favour on an adjacent sheet on Saturday morning at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alta.

The end result is that McEwen and his Winnipeg team - third B.J. Neufeld, second Matt Wozniak and lead Denni Neufeld - are one victory away from successfully defending their title at the 2015 Home Hardware Canada Cup, presented by Meridian Manufacturing.

McEwen cruised to a 10-4 win over Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock (2-5) to close out round-robin play on Saturday morning to finish with a 5-2 record.

One sheet over, Koe was dispatching reigning Tim Hortons Brier champion Pat Simmons 7-4 in an all-Calgary battle.

The results left McEwen and Koe tied at 5-2, but McEwen got the bye to the 5 p.m. MT final thanks to his 5-4 round-robin win over Koe.

“Even if I don’t sleep well tonight, there’s plenty of time to nap on Sunday, right?” said a smiling McEwen, who will carry a three-game win streak into the final in search of back-to-back Home Hardware Canada Cup titles, following last year’s win in Camrose, Alta. “I really like how the guys are playing. The ice has matured, it’s gotten better every day, so we’re really looking forward to Sunday. I know it’s higher stakes than last year (with a Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials berth on the line), but I think it’ll feel pretty equal to last year.”

McEwen took control early, scoring four in the second end, and never looked back against Laycock, and will carry plenty of momentum into the gold-medal game.

“What happened yesterday for us (two solid wins) carried through to today for us,” said McEwen. “It was really nice not to have a letdown against a team that was playing spoiler. We had a great game, we did our part, and things kind of worked out on the other sheet for us.”

McEwan will square off against Koe, who defeated Joe Epping 7-6 in Saturday's men's semifinal, in the bid to win not only a $14,000 top prize, not only a trip to Las Vegas to be part of Team North America for the 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Boyd Gaming Jan. 14-17, but the biggest prize of all: a trip to the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings in Ottawa.