Epping Wins Meridian Canadian Open

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Tim
March

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.64
PA/G:	5.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.08

John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 7-4 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 6-5 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals. and won 6-4 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.

John Epping (Toronto, ON) went 3-0 in the 16 team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Epping defeated Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 4-2, then won 6-5 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) and 9-3 against Koe in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Epping earned 84.171 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 80.401 after improving upon their best so far this season. Epping ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 253.233 points earned so far this season.

--Profile:5813--Week:17--TeamID:86394--Last Year:[|]--Event Count:[|]--Rank:[8|8]--Points:[416.632|497.033|net:80.401]

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	0	0	1.000	4-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	44	38	23	8.64	5.23	3.41	4.77	3.86	1.81	1.35	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	20	34	0	1	1-0	2-0	7-0	1.70	0.00	0.53	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	4	23	5	0-0	0-0	2-6	0.17	0.96	0.65	0.08

2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB

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