Cotter Runner-Up at 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic

Vernon, British Columbia

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Ryan
Kuhn

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.29
PA/G:	5.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) lost 9-3 to Alberta's Pat Simmons in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic, held January 22 - 24, 2016 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Cotter won 6-2 over Manitoba's Mike McEwen in the semifinals of the 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 6-0 over Manitoba's William Lyburn in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Cotter finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Manitoba's Richard Muntain 6-2, then won 7-4 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) and 7-2 against Craig Brown (Blaine, USA). Cotter won 4-3 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic, Cotter take home 32.557 world rankings points along with the $4,931CDN prize. For week 23 of the event schedule, Cotter did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Cotter ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2025: John Epping
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Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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