CHAMPION: Sinnett Wins 2024 Icebreaker Challenge

Minneapolis, Minnesota

SKIP
Chase
Sinnett

Third
Samuel
Strouse

Second
Kevin
Tuma

Lead
Connor
Kauffman

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	6.89
PA/G:	4.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN) won 4-2 over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Icebreaker Challenge, held August 30 - September 1, 2024 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Sinnett won 5-4 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 Icebreaker Challenge in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; of the 2024 Icebreaker Challenge in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Sinnett finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sinnett lost 6-4 to Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI), then responded with a 8-4 win over Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND). Sinnett won 5-3 against Zach Norris (Morris, MB), then won 5-1 against Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Icebreaker Challenge Championship title, Sinnett earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque. For week 5 of the event schedule, Sinnett did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sinnett ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	35	30	0	0.538	6-6	3-3	4-2	3-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	492	333	321	6.77	6.52	0.24	4.37	4.27	1.55	1.53	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	256	244	87	37	7-0	11-3	51-9	0.95	0.34	0.32	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	236	89	234	30	0-5	2-18	17-42	0.38	0.99	0.53	0.29

2024: Chase Sinnett
Chase Sinnett, Samuel Strouse, Kevin Tuma, Connor Kauffman
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB

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