[[1:77.1442]] CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2016 Players' Championship

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Yokohama, JPN
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Yoshimura 2  (8)
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Nihira 9  (10)
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Segawa 6  (EE)
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Fujii 4 
Hirata 7  8th
Maeda 6 
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Abe 5 
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Denver, CO
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Naseby, NZL
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Wytr/Hewi 5  Final
Forg/Benc 3  (7)
M: Australia Mens Curling Championships
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Millikin 15  Final
Gagnon 3  (8)
W: Curling Stadium North Bay Summer Cash
North Bay, ON
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CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2016 Players' Championship

Apr 12 - 17, 2016

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador
Player Photo
SKIP
Brad
Gushue
   Player Photo
Third
Mark
Nichols
   Player Photo
Second
Brett
Gallant
   Player Photo
Lead
Geoff
Walker
  
Games: 8  
Record: 8W - 0L  
PF/G: 7.38  
PA/G: 4.43  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.48  
Steal Defense: 0.03  
Force Efficiency: 0.76  
Steal Efficiency: 0.13  
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 5-4 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 12 - 17, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 6-2 over David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2016 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 7-3 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals.
 
Gushue finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated John Shuster (Duluth, USA) 5-3, then won 7-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) and 5-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Gushue won 5-2 against Murdoch, then won 5-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Gushue earned 77.144 world rankings points along with the $27,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 25.246 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 527.644 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 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 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Shuster (USA) - WTR:13 W 5-3
  3 vs. Epping (ON) - WTR:8 W 7-5
  8 vs. McEwen (MB) - WTR:1 W 5-4
  11 vs. Murdoch (SCO) - WTR:14 W 5-2
  13 vs. Laycock (SK) - WTR:7 W 5-4
  QF vs. Edin (SWE) - WTR:6 W 7-3
  SF vs. Murdoch (SCO) - WTR:14 W 6-2
  CF vs. Jacobs (ON) - WTR:4 W 5-4

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