CHAMPION: Calvert Wins 2025 MCT Championships

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Corey
Chambers

Second
Kyle
Kurz

Lead
Brendan
Bilawka

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-0 over Jordan Peters (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Championships, held January 3 - 5, 2025 in . To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 8-5 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2025 MCT Championships in ; and won 7-2 over Jace Freeman (Virden, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 MCT Championships in ;

Calvert finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Zachary Brenden (Bismarck, ND) 9-5, then won 2-0 against Hayden Forrester (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert went on to lose 2-0 against Grassie in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Championships Championship title, Calvert earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque. Calvert move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 2.391 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 111.219 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Calvert ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 93.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	49	9	0	0.845	5-0	2-1	2-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	393	361	200	9.19	5.09	4.10	5.39	3.56	1.70	1.43	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	194	261	37	24	3-1	28-0	55-3	1.35	0.19	0.51	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	199	100	163	17	0-3	7-9	14-26	0.50	0.82	0.65	0.36

2024: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin, Travis Taylor, Travis Brooks, Travis Saban
Brandon, MB
2021: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt , Tom Clasper
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, Jason Gunnlaugson, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada
Winnipeg, MB
2014: David Bohn
David Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Dennis Bohn, Larry Solomon
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Kelly Marnoch
William Kuran, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2012: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2011: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Mike McEwen
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Don Spriggs
Don Spriggs, Dean Moxham, Barry Pugh, Dale Michie
Portage, MB
2006: Graham Freeman
Graham Freeman, Scott Ramsay, Cory Barkley, Dwayne Barkley
, MB

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