Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-3 over
Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the DEKALB Superspiel, held December 3 - 6, 2021 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won
8-2 over
Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; and won
11-1 over
Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;
Gunnlaugson finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated
Andrin Schnider (Schaffhausen, SUI) 7-4, then went on to lose
8-1 against
Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK). Gunnlaugson responded with a
9-7 win over
Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Gunnlaugson won
5-0 against
Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
6-4 against
Sturmay to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
6-0 win over
Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the DEKALB Superspiel Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned
41.791 world rankings points along with the $11,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with
250.795 total points. Gunnlaugson ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
132.351 points earned so far this season.
