Sampson Runner-Up at Icebreaker Challenge

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) lost 4-2 to Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the Icebreaker Challenge, held August 30 - September 1 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Sampson won 6-3 over Zach Norris (Morris, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the Icebreaker Challenge in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Sampson finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) 6-3, then won 5-1 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) and 7-6 against Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI). Sampson went on to lose 6-4 against Hayden Forrester (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Icebreaker Challenge, Sampson take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize. For week 5 of the event schedule, Sampson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sampson 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	39	34	0	0.534	8-3	2-4	2-7	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	505	355	306	7.03	6.06	0.97	4.14	3.96	1.70	1.53	1.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	257	276	78	43	10-2	20-2	44-14	1.07	0.30	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	248	79	228	53	6-3	2-17	7-38	0.32	0.92	0.60	0.20

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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