Players' Championship

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.68
PA/G:	6.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Gushue Eliminated in Players' Championship Semifinals

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) run at the Players' Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Gushue advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-2 win over Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO).

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) went 4-1 in the 12 team round robin - pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Gushue defeated Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 8-4, lost their next game 10-8 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Gushue responded with a 7-2 win over John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Gushue won 5-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Gushue won 7-6 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	2	0	0.714	2-1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	53	46	34	8.68	6.42	2.26	5.09	3.96	1.70	1.62	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	28	36	5	4	0-0	2-0	12-1	1.29	0.18	0.58	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	25	10	29	1	0-1	0-0	3-7	0.40	1.16	0.53	0.28

2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Jim Spencer
Winnipeg, MB
2004: John Morris
John Morris, Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2002: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
1995: Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Kronau, SK
2000: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
1999: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
1998: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
1997: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Penatanguishene, ON
1995: Wayne Middaugh
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Toronto, ON
1994: Kevin Martin
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Edmonton, AB
1993: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Penetanguishene, ON
2009: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard, David Mathers
Toronto, ON
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2014: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Marc Kennedy, David Nedohin, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2015: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB

Silvana Tirinzoni wins Humpty's Champions Cup

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, Switzerland) wins the Humpty's Champions Cup, defeating Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 6-3 at the Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, Canada.

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