Calvert Reaches 2023 SGI Canada Best of the West Semifinals

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.37
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2023 SGI Canada Best of the West came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-5 loss to Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Calvert advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-5 win over Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC). of the 2023 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Calvert finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) 7-6, then won 8-5 against Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK). Calvert went on to lose 7-6 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Calvert responded with a 7-3 win over Matthew McCrady (New Westminster , BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Calvert earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 44th place overall with 78.063 total points. Calvert ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 78.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	26	19	0	0.578	2-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	298	229	205	7.68	6.88	0.81	4.90	4.19	1.57	1.64	0.91

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	150	170	43	19	3-1	15-2	29-7	1.13	0.29	0.36	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	148	59	162	8	1-3	2-15	8-27	0.40	1.09	0.53	0.30

2025: Connor Deane
Connor Deane, Matthew McCrady, Josh Miki, Connor Kent
New Westminster, BC
2024: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2022: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Trevor Johnson, Matthieu Taillon, Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK

Jacobs wins Olympic Trials

Calgary's Brad Jacobs (Photo: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver) defeats Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone 6-5, winning 2 games to 0 in a best-of-three final at the Montana's Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax, N.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)