CHAMPION: Carruthers Wins 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Third
Braeden
Moskowy

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	6.03
PA/G:	4.62
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won 8-6 over Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held November 30 - December 4, 2016 in Brandon, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won 6-5 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling in Brandon, Manitoba;

Carruthers finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated Epping 8-3, then went on to lose 7-6 against Nichols. Carruthers responded with a 7-6 win over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Carruthers won 4-3 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Carruthers went on to lose 5-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Carruthers responded with a 5-1 win over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling Championship title, Carruthers earned 84.126 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN first prize cheque. Carruthers move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 80.803 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 742.527 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 344.683 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

2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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