CHAMPION: Walter Wins 2023 MCT Curling Cup

SKIP
Brett
Walter

Third
JT
Ryan

Second
Graham
McFarlane

Lead
Hugh
McFarlane

Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-4 over Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Curling Cup, held November 10 - 12, 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Walter won 8-4 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 MCT Curling Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

Walter finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walter lost 9-4 to Grassie, then responded with a 6-3 win over Zachary Wasylik (Winnipeg, MB). Walter won 6-5 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB), then won 4-2 against Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Curling Cup Championship title, Walter earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque. Walter move up 21 spots after posting a net gain of 8.117 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 88th overall with 37.719 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walter ranks 66th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	15	0	0.595	4-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	245	196	151	8.00	6.16	1.84	4.61	3.96	1.73	1.56	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	140	37	22	6-1	5-1	34-5	1.12	0.30	0.44	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	120	56	114	13	1-1	3-9	10-22	0.47	0.95	0.54	0.31

2025: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Jordon Johnson, Daryl Evans
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Brett Walter
Brett Walter, JT Ryan, Graham McFarlane, Hugh McFarlane
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Daley Peters, Julien Leduc, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt, Dillon Bednarek, Mitch Einarson, Bryan Galbraith
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld, Corey Anderson, Rick Cramer, Scott Podolski
, MB
2005: Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls, Dean Dunstone, Travis Graham, Wayne Sigurdson
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Dennis Bohn
David Bohn, Dennis Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Cory Wolchuk
Winnipeg, MB

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