Smith Runner-Up at 2023 MCT Curling Cup

SKIP
Riley
Smith

Third
Nick
Curtis

Second
Jared
Hancox

Lead
Justin
Twiss

Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) lost 6-4 to Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Curling Cup, held November 10 - 12, 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 6-2 over Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

Smith finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Devon Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) 8-7, then won 5-3 against McDonald and 8-7 against Emerson Klimpke (Winnipeg, MB). Smith won 5-1 against Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Curling Cup, Smith take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize. Smith move up 20 spots after posting a net gain of 4.296 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 107th overall with 27.812 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Smith ranks 104th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	21	24	0	0.467	2-2	2-1	0-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	309	224	210	7.25	6.80	0.45	4.56	4.37	1.59	1.56	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	154	170	43	18	3-0	13-1	32-6	1.10	0.28	0.35	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	155	54	167	15	1-2	2-12	7-37	0.35	1.08	0.49	0.26

2023: Brett Walter
Brett Walter, JT Ryan, Graham McFarlane, Hugh McFarlane
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Daley Peters, Julien Leduc, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt, Dillon Bednarek, Mitch Einarson, Bryan Galbraith
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld, Corey Anderson, Rick Cramer, Scott Podolski
, MB
2005: Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls, Dean Dunstone, Travis Graham, Wayne Sigurdson
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Dennis Bohn
David Bohn, Dennis Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Cory Wolchuk
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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