Walstad Runner-Up at 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) lost 9-1 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held September 5 - 10, 2017 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Walstad won 6-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 11-4 over Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Walstad finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 8-4, then won 8-6 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and 7-5 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON). Walstad won 6-5 against John Morris (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, Walstad take home 58.716 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 13th place overall with 258.937 total points. Walstad ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.409 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

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2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB