Nichols Runner-Up at 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

SKIP
Mark
Nichols

Third
Charley
Thomas

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

After advancing directly to the championship game, Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL) lost 8-6 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held November 30 - December 4, 2016 in Brandon, Manitoba.

Nichols finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nichols defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 8-3, then won 7-6 against Carruthers and 7-6 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Nichols went on to lose 8-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Nichols responded with a 5-3 win over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Nichols went on to lose 8-6 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, Nichols take home 66.099 world rankings points along with the $17,000CDN prize. For week 16 of the event schedule, Nichols did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Nichols 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

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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