Smith Reaches 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Quarters

SKIP
Greg
Smith

Third
Greg
Blyde

Second
Carter
Small

Lead
Alex
McDonah

Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) qualified for the 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Travis Colter (Halifax, NS).

Smith finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 7-2 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then responded with a 9-6 win over Chad Stevens (Chester, NS). Smith went on to lose 7-5 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Smith responded with a 6-4 win over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). Smith won 5-2 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 13.689 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic. Smith move up 15 spots after posting a net gain of 8.168 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 96th overall with 37.076 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Smith ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.847 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	24	14	0	0.632	7-1	3-3	4-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	280	216	196	7.71	7.00	0.71	4.71	4.14	1.64	1.69	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	127	143	49	11	2-1	8-3	37-8	1.13	0.39	0.41	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	153	73	147	21	2-3	3-11	13-31	0.48	0.96	0.46	0.31

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

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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