Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won
4-3 over
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, held April 26 - May 1, 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
4-3 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup in Edmonton, Alberta; and won
4-3 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup in Edmonton, Alberta;
Carruthers finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) 8-4, then won
7-3 against
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) and
7-2 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Carruthers went on to lose
6-3 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Humpty's Champions Cup Championship title, Carruthers earned
75.191 world rankings points along with the $24,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 5th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 44.337 after improving upon their best so far this season. Carruthers ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
397.845 points earned so far this season.
