Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won
8-2 over
Glenn Howard (Islington, ON) in the Final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, held April 24 - 29, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
7-5 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary, Alberta; and won
4-2 over
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.
Gushue finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) 8-3, then won
5-4 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) and
7-2 against
Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA). Gushue won
7-3 against
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Humpty's Champions Cup Championship title, Gushue earned
72.953 world rankings points along with the $40,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 38 of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Gushue ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
