CHAMPION: Thompson Wins 2018 Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel

SKIP
Kendal
Thompson

Third
Bryce
Everist

Second
Chris
MacRae

Lead
Michael
Brophy

Kendal Thompson (HALIFAX, NS) won 7-1 over Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel, held October 5 - 8, 2018 at the CFB Halifax CC in Halifax, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Thompson won 6-3 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; of the 2018 Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Thompson finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson defeated Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI) 10-2, then won 7-4 against Kurt Roach (Sydney, NS) and 8-2 against Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS). Thompson won 10-1 against Greg Power (Halifax, NS), then won 7-4 against Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Bud Light Men's Cash Spiel Championship title, Thompson earned 13.859 world rankings points along with the $1,750CDN first prize cheque. Thompson move up 23 spots after posting a net gain of 11.202 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 78th overall with 46.119 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Thompson ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.203 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

2023: James Grattan
James Grattan, Joel Krats, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann
Oromocto , NB
2022: Owen Purcell
Owen Purcell, Joel Krats, Adam McEachren, Scott Weagle
Halifax, NS
2019: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Peter Burgess, Graham Breckon, Kelly Mittelstadt
Truro, NS
2018: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Chris MacRae, Michael Brophy
HALIFAX, NS
2017: Robert Mayhew
Robert Mayhew, Chris MacRae, Neil Gallant, Nick Burdock
Halifax, NS
2016: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Cameron MacKenzie, Ian Juurlink, Kelly Mittelstadt
Halifax, NS

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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