After advancing directly to the championship game, Tanner Horgan (Copper Cliff, NONT) lost
11-4 to
Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canadian Junior Men's Championship presented by Egg Farmers of Ontario, held January 23 - 31, 2016 in Stratford, Ontario.
Horgan finished 9-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Horgan defeated
Brayden Klassen (Whitehorse, YK) 9-5, then won
7-3 against
Alex Robichaud (Moncton, NB) and
7-6 against
Matthew MacLean (O'Leary, PEI). Horgan went on to lose
8-3 against
Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC). Horgan responded with a
13-3 win over
Matthew Miller (Inuvik, NT). Horgan won
7-4 against
Jake Hersikorn (Saskatoon, SK), then won
8-6 against
Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) and
6-4 against
Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON). Horgan won
7-5 against
Dunstone, then won
5-4 against
Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canadian Junior Men's Championship presented by Egg Farmers of Ontario, Horgan take home
15.115 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Horgan did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Horgan ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
