Dunstone Reaches 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Semifinals

SKIP
Matt
Dunstone

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Lott

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-3 loss to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Dunstone finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 6-3, then won 8-4 against Gushue and 7-4 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Dunstone won 7-1 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON), then won 8-7 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Dunstone earned 38.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup. Dunstone gained 8.25 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 6thplace overall with 341.000 total points. Dunstone ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 341.000 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

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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