CHAMPION: Bryden Wins 2025 Canada West Curling Championships

Regina, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Josh
Bryden

Third
Adam
Bukurak

Second
Carter
Williamson

Lead
Ryan
Grabarczyk

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.17
PA/G:	3.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) won 5-2 over Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Canada West Curling Championships, held January 31 - February 1, 2025 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bryden won 6-4 over Duncan Silversides (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the 2025 Canada West Curling Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Bryden finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryden defeated Alex Duncan-Wu (Vancouver, BC) 6-1, then won 10-2 against Sam Nygaard (Lethbridge, AB). Bryden went on to lose 4-1 against Wipf. Bryden responded with a 9-2 win over Reid Zingel (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canada West Curling Championships Championship title, Bryden earned 3.750 world rankings points. Bryden move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of -5.328 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 87th overall with 25.813 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bryden ranks 87th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	28	26	0	0.519	0-0	0-0	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	399	266	250	6.67	6.27	0.40	4.26	4.09	1.56	1.53	1.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	188	201	54	23	6-0	11-1	39-9	1.07	0.29	0.34	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	211	65	196	43	1-5	2-10	10-37	0.31	0.93	0.57	0.23

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