Smith Reaches Icebreaker Challenge Quarters

SKIP
Riley
Smith

Third
Nick
Curtis

Second
Josh
Claeys

Lead
Justin
Twiss

Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the Icebreaker Challenge playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). of the Icebreaker Challenge in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Smith finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 6-3 to Zach Norris (Morris, MB), then responded with a 8-1 win over Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI). Smith won 12-6 against Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND). Smith went on to lose 5-1 against Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 2.250 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Icebreaker Challenge. For week 5 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Smith 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	24	25	0	0.490	3-1	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	318	235	214	7.39	6.73	0.66	4.28	4.40	1.73	1.53	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	178	173	78	29	7-0	10-5	33-16	0.97	0.44	0.34	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	140	62	136	13	1-2	5-6	10-30	0.44	0.97	0.57	0.28

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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