Dunstone Runner-Up at 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

SKIP
Matt
Dunstone

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Lott

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 18 - 23, 2022 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won 7-2 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won 8-3 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Dunstone finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) 8-6, then won 9-5 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). Dunstone went on to lose 5-3 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Dunstone responded with a 6-5 win over Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, Dunstone take home 49.500 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, remaining in 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 22 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dunstone ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 121.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	69	23	0	0.750	20-4	8-7	5-2	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	692	589	389	8.51	5.62	2.89	4.87	3.70	1.75	1.52	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	329	442	54	49	12-0	39-2	88-7	1.34	0.16	0.50	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	363	147	335	50	2-3	7-14	27-85	0.41	0.92	0.52	0.28

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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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