Smith Runner-Up at 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel

SKIP
Greg
Smith

Third
Adam
Boland

Second
Chris
Ford

Lead
Zach
Young

Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) lost 6-0 to Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel, held November 18 - 20, 2022 at the Port Elgin Curling Club in Port Elgin, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 5-2 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-5 over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada;

Smith finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Sam Steep (KW, ON) 7-6, then went on to lose 8-7 against Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON). Smith responded with a 6-3 win over Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON). Smith went on to lose 10-6 against Travis Fanset (St Thomas, ON). Smith responded with a 6-5 win over Steep in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel, Smith take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $2,100CDN prize, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 48.589 total points. Smith ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	20	21	0	0.488	2-1	3-5	1-4	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	307	234	249	7.62	8.11	-0.49	4.66	4.59	1.64	1.77	0.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	146	180	56	7	4-3	7-3	44-8	1.23	0.38	0.40	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	161	54	193	16	0-6	5-13	7-37	0.34	1.20	0.48	0.23

2023: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Brady Lumley, Matthew Garner, Spencer Dunlop
Woodstock, ON
2022: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2021: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Ian Dickie, Connor Duhaime, Zack Shurtleff
Grimsby, ON
2019: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Charlie Richard, Tyler Twining, DJ Ronaldson
Woodstock, ON
2018: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Andrew Thompson, Kelly Schuh, James Freeman
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2016: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, Joe Frans, Sean Harrison
Brampton , ON
2015: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton, ON
2014: Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor, Brett Mellor, Peter Irwin, Carrie Mellor
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013: Daryl Shane
Daryl Shane, Don Shane, Dan Shane, Dan Rivett
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2012: Len Rominger
Len Rominger, Bill Hall, Brad Doll, Christopher Dion
St. Catharines, ON
2011: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Strathroy, ON
2009: Al Corbeil
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Collingwood, ON
2006: Curtis Cassidy
Curtis Cassidy, Darryl Nodwell, Ray Paget, Mike Ross
,
2005: Al Hutchinson
Al Hutchinson, Daryl Shane, Bruce Cox, Peter Irwin
,
1995: Jason Boyce
Jason Boyce
Bradford, ON
1993: John Base
John Base
Oakville, 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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