Bryden Reaches 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West Quarters

SKIP
Josh
Bryden

Third
Adam
Bukurak

Second
Carter
Williamson

Lead
Ayden
Whittmire

Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) qualified for the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB). of the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Bryden finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryden defeated Jacob Libbus (Black Diamond, AB) 5-3, then went on to lose 8-3 against Jace Freeman (Virden, MB). Bryden responded with a 7-2 win over Alex Duncan-Wu (New Westminster, BC). Bryden went on to lose 8-7 against Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). Bryden responded with a 8-3 win over Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Bryden earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West. Bryden move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 6.75 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 78th overall with 33.688 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bryden ranks 78th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.688 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

2025: Connor Deane
Connor Deane, Matthew McCrady, Josh Miki, Connor Kent
New Westminster, BC
2024: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2022: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Trevor Johnson, Matthieu Taillon, Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK

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