Jacobs8-3 at 2018 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Brad
Jacobs

Third
Ryan
Fry

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) finished 8-3 in the 16 team Tim Hortons Brier qualifying round, held March 3 - 11, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated John Epping (Toronto, ON) 4-3, then won 6-3 against Dave St. Louis (Iqaluit, NU) and 9-5 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI). Jacobs won 9-4 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Jacobs went on to lose 8-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Jacobs responded with a 7-3 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Jacobs won 6-3 against Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul, MB), then won 6-4 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) and 8-1 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Jacobs went on to lose 5-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Jacobs lost 9-3 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Jacobs earned 31.293 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 23.789 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jacobs ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 289.034 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2018	8	4	0	0.667	3-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2018	107	70	54	6.54	5.05	1.50	4.21	3.46	1.56	1.46	2.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2018	45	50	7	8	1-0	2-0	10-1	1.11	0.16	0.35	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2018	62	20	47	17	1-2	0-1	3-8	0.32	0.76	0.65	0.23

Former Canadian junior curlers, like Laurie St-Georges (Photo: Andrew Klaver / Curling Canada), are holding their own at this year's Scotties.

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