CHAMPION: Knapp Wins 2023 Nutana SaskTour Men's Spiel

SKIP
Kelly
Knapp

Third
Brennan
Jones

Second
Mike
Armstrong

Lead
Trent
Knapp

Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) won 9-4 over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Nutana SaskTour Men's Spiel, held November 24 - 26, 2023 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Knapp won 7-5 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Nutana SaskTour Men's Spiel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and won 9-3 over Garret Springer (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Nutana SaskTour Men's Spiel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan;

Knapp finished 3-1 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Knapp defeated Brandon Zuravloff (Canora, SK) 5-3, then won 6-3 against Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert, SK). Knapp went on to lose 6-5 against Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK). Knapp responded with a 6-5 win over Rory McCusker (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nutana SaskTour Men's Spiel Championship title, Knapp earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $2,035CDN first prize cheque, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with 119.187 total points. Knapp ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	8	0	0.822	4-1	0-0	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	332	296	182	8.92	5.48	3.43	5.00	3.77	1.78	1.46	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	225	39	23	9-0	21-2	35-7	1.33	0.23	0.45	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	163	71	143	18	1-0	3-9	12-28	0.44	0.88	0.62	0.29

2024: Randy Bryden
Randy Bryden, Troy Robinson, Russ Bryden, Chris Semenchuck
Regina, SK
2023: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennan Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp
Regina, SK
2022: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK

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