CHAMPION: Knapp Wins 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel

SKIP
Kelly
Knapp

Third
Brennan
Jones

Second
Mike
Armstrong

Lead
Trent
Knapp

Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) won 6-2 over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel, held December 15 - 17, 2023 at the Wadena Curling Club in Wadena, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Knapp won 7-5 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-3 over Garret Fedak (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Knapp finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Knapp defeated Ethan Jones (Saskatoon, SK) 5-3, then won 7-3 against Garret Springer (Regina, SK) and 7-2 against Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel Championship title, Knapp earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,925CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 114.016 total points. Knapp ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	8	0	0.822	4-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	332	296	182	8.92	5.48	3.43	5.00	3.77	1.78	1.46	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	225	39	23	9-0	21-2	35-7	1.33	0.23	0.45	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	163	71	143	18	1-0	3-9	12-28	0.44	0.88	0.62	0.29

2024: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2023: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennan Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp
Regina, SK
2022: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2021: Jason Jacobson
Jason Jacobson, Dustin Kalthoff, Jake Hersikorn, Quinn Hersikorn , Darrell McKee
Saskatoon, SK
2019: Shaun Meachem
Shaun Meachem, Brady Scharback, Brayden Stewart, Jared Latos , Jeff Chambers
Saskatoon, SK
2018: Kody Hartung
Kody Hartung, Tyler Hartung, Jayden Shwaga, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon , SK

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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