CHAMPION: Bryden Wins USPORT Curling Canada University Championships

SKIP
Josh
Bryden

Third
Adam
Bukurak

Second
Carter
Williamson

Lead
Ryan
Grabarczyk

Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) won 8-5 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the USPORT Curling Canada University Championships, held March 12 - 16 in Sudbury, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Bryden won 7-5 over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals

Bryden finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryden lost 7-4 to Sam Mooibroek (Waterloo, ON), then responded with a 9-2 win over Jamie Stewart (Fredericton, NB). Bryden won 8-5 against Jayden King (Guelph, ON). Bryden went on to lose 8-4 against Purcell. Bryden responded with a 8-6 win over Owen Henry (St.Catherines, ON). Bryden went on to lose 6-3 against Tao. Bryden responded with a 6-5 win over Nick Mosher (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USPORT Curling Canada University Championships Championship title, Bryden earned 7.500 world rankings points, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 34.438 total points. Bryden ranks 83rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.438 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	12	0	0.647	6-2	3-3	3-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	284	223	181	7.85	6.37	1.48	4.89	4.01	1.60	1.59	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	130	148	36	13	2-1	11-1	28-4	1.14	0.28	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	154	75	145	18	0-2	5-10	16-32	0.49	0.94	0.49	0.32

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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