CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2018 Players' Championship

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	8.55
PA/G:	5.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 6-2 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 10 - 15, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 5-4 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 5-4 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Koe finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Epping 7-3, then won 10-8 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) and 8-5 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Koe won 6-5 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-4 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Koe earned 77.482 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 45.321 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 449.986 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: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2024: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden , Tom Coulterman
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2014: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Marc Kennedy, David Nedohin, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2012: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard, David Mathers
Toronto, ON
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert , Jules Owchar
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: John Morris
John Morris, Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Jim Spencer
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
2000: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
1999: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
1998: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
1997: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Penatanguishene, ON
1995: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
1995: Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Kronau, SK
1994: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Kevin Park, James Pahl, Don Bartlett, Ken Tralnberg
Edmonton, AB
1993: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner
Penetanguishene, ON