CHAMPION: Carruthers Wins 2019 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fourth
Mike
McEwen

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.04
PA/G:	5.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 24 - 27, 2019 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won 9-7 over Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 7-5 over 's Jeremy Harty in the quarterfinals.

Carruthers finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated 's Bob Leclair 9-1, then won 7-3 against Chris Bond (Seattle, WA) and 9-2 against Edward Scimia (Bridgeport, CT). Carruthers won 6-2 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen Championship title, Carruthers earned 31.975 world rankings points along with the $8,541CDN first prize cheque. Carruthers move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -2.154 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 248.874 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 219.107 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: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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