CHAMPION: Payette Wins 2017 Deer Lodge Icebreaker

Brandon, Manitoba

SKIP
Brayden
Payette

Third
Tyler
Grumpelt

Second
Bryce
Cisyk

Lead
Kyle
Gardiner

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.90
PA/G:	4.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.54

Brayden Payette (Brandon, MB) won 8-6 over Weston Oryniak (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Deer Lodge Icebreaker, held September 28 - October 1, 2017 at the Deer Lodge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Payette won 7-1 over Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 Deer Lodge Icebreaker in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 5-3 over Justin Fontaine (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Deer Lodge Icebreaker in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Payette finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Payette lost 7-6 to Jordan Peters (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 7-0 win over Joshua Friesen (Altona, MB). Payette won 8-1 against Carter Watkins (Swan River, MB), then won 9-2 against Zack Bilawka (Winniepg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Deer Lodge Icebreaker Championship title, Payette earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $600CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, Payette did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Payette ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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