CHAMPION: Carruthers Wins 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fourth
Mike
McEwen

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	7.39
PA/G:	4.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in the Final of the StuSells Toronto Tankard, held October 5 - 8, 2018 at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won 4-3 over Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won 4-2 over Jia Liang Zang (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

Carruthers finished 3-0 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated Zang 10-4, then won 6-3 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) and 4-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the StuSells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Carruthers earned 54.804 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. Carruthers move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 25.037 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 385.436 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.532 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2020: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Patrick Janssen, Brent Laing , Jim Wilson
Toronto, ON
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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