CHAMPION: Van Amsterdam Wins 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Evan
Van Amsterdam

Third
Jason
Ginter

Second
Sterling
Middleton

Lead
Parker
Konschuh

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.75
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) won 8-6 over Andrew Dunbar (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown, held January 10 - 13, 2025 at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Van Amsterdam won 9-2 over Peter Hlushak (Spruce Grove, AB) in the semifinals of the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Van Amsterdam are currently 4-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Van Amsterdam defeated Kevin Tym (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then won 8-4 against Jeff Ginter (Dawson Creek, BC) and 6-3 against Dunbar. Van Amsterdam won 6-1 against Runciman. In their next game, Van Amsterdam plays.

For winning the Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown Championship title, Van Amsterdam earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Van Amsterdam move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 5.062 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 43rd overall with 85.822 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Van Amsterdam ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	31	22	0	0.585	5-1	4-4	2-2	0-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	402	307	275	7.64	6.84	0.80	4.50	4.38	1.70	1.56	1.12

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	190	237	63	15	5-0	26-3	40-10	1.25	0.33	0.41	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	212	70	212	30	2-5	3-11	4-45	0.33	1.00	0.53	0.25

2025: Evan Van Amsterdam
Evan Van Amsterdam, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Parker Konschuh, Darren Moulding
Edmonton, AB
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang , Yi Lei
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB

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