CHAMPION: Wiebe Wins SGI Canada Best of the West

SKIP
Ryan
Wiebe

Third
Ty
Dilello

Second
Sean
Flatt

Lead
Adam
Flatt

Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-2 over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the SGI Canada Best of the West, held April 4 - 7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wiebe won 7-6 over Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC) in the semifinals of the SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Wiebe finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wiebe defeated Kolomaya 7-6, then won 6-1 against Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-7 against Cole Adams (Calgary, AB). Wiebe won 5-4 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-4 against Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the SGI Canada Best of the West Championship title, Wiebe earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. Wiebe move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 14.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with 100.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wiebe ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 100.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	22	0	0.600	4-2	7-2	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	421	323	273	7.67	6.48	1.19	4.68	4.11	1.64	1.58	1.21

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	207	251	49	27	6-0	15-0	58-11	1.21	0.24	0.44	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	214	72	224	24	0-4	4-16	9-43	0.34	1.05	0.53	0.26

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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