Carruthers Runner-Up at 2023 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

Morris, Manitoba

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Third
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.45
PA/G:	5.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Reid Carruthers (Morris, MB) lost 7-2 to Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 26 - 29, 2023 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won 7-5 over Craig Kochan (Scottsdale, AZ) in the semifinals of the 2023 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 6-5 over John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Carruthers finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated Darryl Horsman (Phoenix, AZ) 7-3, then won 5-1 against Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO) and 5-3 against Randie Shen (Taipei, TPE). Carruthers won 6-1 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Carruthers went on to lose 4-3 against Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, Carruthers take home 19.250 world rankings points along with the $4,515CDN prize. Carruthers move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.75 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 225.344 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 168.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	48	42	0	0.533	11-7	5-10	4-3	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	672	483	437	7.19	6.50	0.68	4.43	4.11	1.62	1.58	1.46

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	332	361	75	61	7-0	25-4	76-10	1.09	0.23	0.40	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	340	122	362	37	3-5	7-22	15-82	0.36	1.06	0.50	0.25

2024: Karsten Sturmay
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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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