CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 4-3 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held September 8 - 13, 2015 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 9-2 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won 7-6 over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Koe finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost 5-4 to John Epping (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 7-3 win over Shuster. Koe won 7-5 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI), then won 5-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Koe earned 75.408 world rankings points along with the $24,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with 383.935 total points. Koe ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.475 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: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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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