CHAMPION: Carruthers Wins 2023 PointsBet Invitational

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Third
Brad
Jacobs

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Games:	4
Record:	4W - 0L
PF/G:	8.50
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won 9-8 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the PointsBet Invitational, held September 26 - October 1, 2023 in Oakville, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won 6-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2023 PointsBet Invitational in Oakville, Ontario; and won 9-8 over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 PointsBet Invitational in Oakville, Ontario;

Carruthers finished in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the PointsBet Invitational Championship title, Carruthers earned 33.750 world rankings points along with the $50,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -16.625 after improving upon their best so far this season. Carruthers ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.438 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	43	28	0	0.606	12-3	5-5	4-3	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	556	402	341	7.23	6.13	1.10	4.30	4.03	1.68	1.52	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	285	305	73	57	8-1	20-1	64-14	1.07	0.26	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	97	268	36	1-3	8-17	13-54	0.36	0.99	0.57	0.24

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