CHAMPION: Gunnlaugson Wins 2017 MCT Championships

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Third
Alex
Forrest

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.72
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-4 over Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Championships, held December 8 - 10, 2017 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won 7-0 over William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 5-4 over David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Gunnlaugson finished 2-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson lost 5-4 to Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 8-7 win over Lyburn. Gunnlaugson won 5-1 against Travis Bale (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Championships Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned 28.970 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 25.958 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gunnlaugson ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 236.692 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

2024: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin, Travis Taylor, Travis Brooks, Travis Saban
Brandon, MB
2021: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt , Tom Clasper
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, Jason Gunnlaugson, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada
Winnipeg, MB
2014: David Bohn
David Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Dennis Bohn, Larry Solomon
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Kelly Marnoch
William Kuran, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2012: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2011: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Mike McEwen
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Don Spriggs
Don Spriggs, Dean Moxham, Barry Pugh, Dale Michie
Portage, MB
2006: Graham Freeman
Graham Freeman, Scott Ramsay, Cory Barkley, Dwayne Barkley
, MB

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