Jacobs Runner-Up at 2024 KIOTI National

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brad
Jacobs

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.43
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, AB) lost 5-3 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the KIOTI National, held November 26 - December 1, 2024 in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won 6-3 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2024 KIOTI National in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won 6-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 KIOTI National in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Jacobs finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) 7-1, then won 5-4 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) and 10-5 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO). Jacobs won 6-4 against Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the KIOTI National, Jacobs take home 55.000 world rankings points along with the $32,000CDN prize. Jacobs move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 38.5 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 360.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Jacobs ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 177.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	69	23	0	0.750	10-1	10-3	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	708	578	385	8.16	5.44	2.73	4.58	3.81	1.78	1.43	1.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	360	452	69	62	14-2	27-1	105-9	1.26	0.19	0.49	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	348	126	316	52	5-3	5-16	22-56	0.36	0.91	0.66	0.22

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Ross Paterson
Ross Paterson, Kyle Waddell, Duncan Menzies, Michael Goodfellow
Glasgow, SCO
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2013: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey, Maxime Elmaleh
Toronto, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner, Phil Loevenmark, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2004: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON
2003: Pierre Charette
Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Michel Ferland, Marco Berthelot
Buckingham, QC
2002: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON

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