Glenn Howard (Islington, ON) lost
8-2 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, held April 24 - 29, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
9-5 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary, Alberta; and won
7-6 over
Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary, Alberta;
Howard finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) 10-4, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Howard responded with a
6-5 win over
Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB). Howard won
7-5 against
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Humpty's Champions Cup, Howard take home
57.320 world rankings points along with the $32,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
415.072 total points. Howard ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
229.771 points earned so far this season.
