Glenn Howard (Islington, ON) lost
6-1 to
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Men's Classic, held October 13 - 16, 2017 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
8-6 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-4 over
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals.
Howard finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) 7-2, then won
7-4 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) and
6-3 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Men's Classic, Howard take home
47.427 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
268.246 total points. Howard ranks 18th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
82.945 points earned so far this season.
