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

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