Calvert Runner-Up at 2023 MCT Shootout

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Corey
Chambers

Second
Kyle
Kurz

Lead
Brendan
Bilawka

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) lost 1-0 to Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Shootout, held October 13 - 15, 2023 at the Selkirk Curling Club in Selkirk, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 1-0 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 MCT Shootout in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada;

Calvert finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Emerson Klimpke (Winnipeg, MB) 8-2, then won 5-4 against Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) and 5-4 against Grassie in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Shootout, Calvert take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 60th place overall with 66.243 total points. Calvert ranks 83rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	35	17	0	0.673	3-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	330	275	207	8.33	6.27	2.06	4.91	3.85	1.70	1.63	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	206	38	24	6-0	16-1	39-7	1.22	0.22	0.42	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	161	69	169	17	1-5	2-11	16-32	0.43	1.05	0.51	0.29

2024: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson , William Lyburn
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson
Winnipeg, MB

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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