After advancing directly to the championship game, Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL) lost
8-6 to
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held November 30 - December 4, 2016 in Brandon, Manitoba.
Nichols finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nichols defeated
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 8-3, then won
7-6 against
Carruthers and
7-6 against
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Nichols went on to lose
8-4 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON). Nichols responded with a
5-3 win over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Nichols went on to lose
8-6 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, Nichols take home
66.099 world rankings points along with the $17,000CDN prize. For week 16 of the event schedule, Nichols did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Nichols ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
