CHAMPION: Calvert Wins 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-4 over David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 6-5 over Tanner Lott (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-5 over Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Calvert finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Jason Manns (Carberry, MB) 12-2, then won 7-2 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert went on to lose 7-4 against Travis Bale (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert responded with a 7-3 win over Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Championship title, Calvert earned 29.103 world rankings points along with the $2,900CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 17th place overall with 246.633 total points. Calvert ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 148.713 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

2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Taylor McIntyre
Taylor McIntyre, Sam Good, Riley Smith, Jared Hancox
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
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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