CHAMPION: Gunnlaugson Wins 2020 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Third
Alex
Forrest

Second
Adam
Casey

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	10.70
PA/G:	5.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-6 over United States's Rich Ruohonen in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 9 - 12, 2020 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won 5-4 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2020 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 8-1 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Gunnlaugson finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated Wayne Fleming (Tempe, AZ) 10-1, then won 8-5 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) and 6-4 against Jordan Chandler (Manitoulin, NONT). Gunnlaugson won 9-4 against JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB), then won 8-4 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned 37.220 world rankings points along with the $10,438CDN first prize cheque. Gunnlaugson move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 9.608 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 245.091 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gunnlaugson ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 206.086 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

2026: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Jacques Gauthier, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson
Winnipeg, MB
2025: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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