Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) won
7-4 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Masters of Curling, held October 29 - November 3, 2013 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
4-3 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Masters of Curling in Abbotsford, British Columbia; and won
8-4 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals.
Howard finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) 6-5, then won
5-3 against
Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS) and
5-2 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Howard won
7-6 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Masters of Curling Championship title, Howard earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $26,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with
348.530 total points. Howard ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
115.000 points earned so far this season.
