Epping Runner-Up at 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Tim
March

John Epping (Toronto, ON) lost 4-3 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, held April 26 - May 1, 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 5-2 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup in Edmonton, Alberta; and won 5-4 over Pat Simmons (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup in Edmonton, Alberta;

Epping finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Shaun Meachem (Saskatoon, SK) 9-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Epping responded with a 9-7 win over David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO). Epping won 7-3 against Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Humpty's Champions Cup, Epping take home 59.078 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN prize, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 53.267 after improving upon their best so far this season. Epping ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 369.167 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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