CHAMPION: Epping Wins 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Jake
Horgan

Second
Tanner
Horgan

Lead
Ian
McMillan

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	12.05
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 6-5 over John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 9 - 12, 2025 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 9-2 over Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 9-4 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Epping finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Darren Campbell (Tempe, AZ) 8-0, then won 6-1 against Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB) and 5-2 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Epping went on to lose 6-4 against Kalthoff. Epping responded with a 6-2 win over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen Championship title, Epping earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $14,428CDN first prize cheque. Epping gained 10.5 points improving upon their best 7 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 12thplace overall with 230.528 total points. Epping ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 208.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	71	23	0	0.755	7-1	6-4	1-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	668	614	384	9.19	5.75	3.44	4.82	4.00	1.91	1.44	1.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	328	464	65	44	23-0	34-3	87-7	1.41	0.20	0.51	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	340	150	319	35	4-2	10-6	25-86	0.44	0.94	0.56	0.26

2025: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
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2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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