John Epping (Toronto, ON) lost
5-4 to
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Point Optical Curling Classic, held September 26 - 29, 2014 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
3-2 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in the semifinals of the 2014 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
7-4 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Epping finished 5-2 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) 6-3, then won
8-4 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Epping went on to lose
5-3 against
Jacobs. Epping responded with a
8-5 win over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Epping went on to lose
4-3 against
Edin. Epping responded with a
8-3 win over
Christopher Plys (Blaine, USA). Epping won
5-2 against
Sluchinski in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Point Optical Curling Classic, Epping take home
25.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, remaining in 10th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
141.319 total points. Epping ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
67.500 points earned so far this season.
