Jacobs Runner-Up at 2021 GSOC Masters

Sault Ste. Marie, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Brad
Jacobs

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.36
PA/G:	5.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT) lost 7-5 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the GSOC Masters, held October 19 - 24, 2021 in Oakville, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won 9-4 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2021 GSOC Masters in Oakville, Ontario; and won 5-4 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 GSOC Masters in Oakville, Ontario;

Jacobs finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) 5-3, then went on to lose 5-4 against Koe. Jacobs responded with a 6-4 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). Jacobs won 5-4 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Masters, Jacobs take home 66.815 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 21.526 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jacobs ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 118.507 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	51	18	0	0.739	17-3	9-4	7-2	3-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	534	442	287	8.28	5.37	2.90	4.49	3.76	1.84	1.43	1.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	255	358	41	41	17-0	23-1	76-6	1.40	0.16	0.54	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	279	84	246	52	1-1	5-16	12-43	0.30	0.88	0.64	0.21

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2021: Bruce Mouat
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2019: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina , SK
2018: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Toronto, ON
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Glenn Howard
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2010: Mike McEwen
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Winnipeg, MB
2009: Glenn Howard
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Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2004: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Joe Frans, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2003: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2002: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK

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