CHAMPION: Howard Wins 2018 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Penetanguishe, Ontario

SKIP
Scott
Howard

Third
Adam
Spencer

Second
David
Mathers

Lead
Tim
March

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.76
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Scott Howard (Penetanguishe, ON) won 8-4 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 15 - 18, 2018 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Howard won 9-1 over 's Michael Fournier in the semifinals of the 2018 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 4-3 over 's Jamie Murphy in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Howard finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS) 8-4, then won 7-2 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) and 5-4 against 's Jamie Murphy in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Howard earned 35.065 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. Howard move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 11.319 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 324.195 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Howard ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 181.720 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: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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