Koe Runner-Up at 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
John
Morris

Second
B.J.
Neufeld

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost 8-5 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, held May 3 - 8, 2022 in Olds, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 4-3 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Olds, Alberta;

Koe finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 11-2, then won 7-3 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Koe went on to lose 8-7 against Jacobs. Koe responded with a 8-5 win over Gushue. Koe won 6-5 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, Koe take home 54.526 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 22.519 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 408.072 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	55	22	0	0.714	16-5	7-7	5-6	4-1	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	591	494	341	8.36	5.77	2.59	4.67	4.04	1.79	1.43	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	295	389	59	42	10-0	29-4	95-4	1.32	0.20	0.53	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	296	105	282	34	2-4	8-10	13-57	0.35	0.95	0.63	0.24

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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