CHAMPION: Thompson Wins 2018 Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel

SKIP
Kendal
Thompson

Third
Bryce
Everist

Second
Chris
MacRae

Lead
Michael
Brophy

Kendal Thompson (HALIFAX, NS) won 7-1 over Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel, held October 5 - 8, 2018 at the CFB Halifax CC in Halifax, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Thompson won 6-3 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; of the 2018 Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Thompson finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson defeated Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI) 10-2, then won 7-4 against Kurt Roach (Sydney, NS) and 8-2 against Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS). Thompson won 10-1 against Greg Power (Halifax, NS), then won 7-4 against Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel Championship title, Thompson earned 13.859 world rankings points along with the $1,750CDN first prize cheque. Thompson move up 23 spots after posting a net gain of 11.202 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 78th overall with 46.119 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Thompson ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.203 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

2023: James Grattan
James Grattan, Joel Krats, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann
Oromocto , NB
2022: Owen Purcell
Owen Purcell, Joel Krats, Adam McEachren, Scott Weagle
Halifax, NS
2019: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Peter Burgess, Graham Breckon, Kelly Mittelstadt
Truro, NS
2018: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Chris MacRae, Michael Brophy
HALIFAX, NS
2017: Robert Mayhew
Robert Mayhew, Chris MacRae, Neil Gallant, Nick Burdock
Halifax, NS
2016: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Cameron MacKenzie, Ian Juurlink, Kelly Mittelstadt
Halifax, NS

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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