CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2023 PEI Brewing Company Cashspiel

SKIP
Tyler
Smith

Third
Adam
Cocks

Second
Alex
MacFadyen

Lead
Ed
White

Tyler Smith (Crapaud, PEI) won 6-5 over Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB) in the Final of the PEI Brewing Company Cashspiel, held November 24 - 26, 2023 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 8-2 over Phil Gorveatt (Montague, PEI) in the semifinals of the 2023 PEI Brewing Company Cashspiel in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada;

Smith finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Blair Weeks (Summerside, PEI) 7-2, then went on to lose 9-3 against Carter Small (Fredericton, NB). Smith responded with a 7-2 win over Blair Jay (Summerside, PEI). Smith won 8-1 against Jack MacFadyen (Charlottetown , PEI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the PEI Brewing Company Cashspiel Championship title, Smith earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 120th place overall with 23.812 total points. Smith ranks 137th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	23	12	0	0.657	5-1	2-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	260	239	169	9.19	6.50	2.69	4.96	4.23	1.85	1.54	0.81

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	126	173	38	10	6-0	16-1	33-10	1.37	0.30	0.47	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	134	66	131	11	2-3	3-7	14-23	0.49	0.98	0.61	0.29

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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