CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 8-2 over Glenn Howard (Islington, ON) in the Final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, held April 24 - 29, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 7-5 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary, Alberta; and won 4-2 over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Gushue finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) 8-3, then won 5-4 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) and 7-2 against Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA). Gushue won 7-3 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Humpty's Champions Cup Championship title, Gushue earned 72.953 world rankings points along with the $40,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 38 of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gushue 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

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: 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: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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