Matsumura1-3 at 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura lost 7-2 to John Morris (Duluth, USA), droppimg another game, 7-1 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) where Matsumura responded with a 8-7 win over Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO). Matsumura went on to lose 5-1 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Matsumura earned 3.902 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 37 of the event schedule, Matsumura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 19th place on the World Ranking Standings with 201.024 total points. Matsumura ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 201.024 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

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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