CHAMPION: Calvert Wins 2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) won 4-3 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite, held August 24 - 26, 2018 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 7-2 over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Calvert finished 2-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert lost 5-4 to Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 6-2 win over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert went on to lose 8-5 against Shuster. Calvert responded with a 5-3 win over Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite Championship title, Calvert earned 34.381 world rankings points along with the $1,720CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 197.581 total points. Calvert ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.381 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Rob Gordon
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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