Sturmay Reaches 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic Semifinals

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Karsten
Sturmay

Third
Tristan
Steinke

Second
Jason
Ginter

Lead
Glenn
Venance

Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-3 loss to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; Sturmay advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB). of the 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Sturmay finished 4-1 in the 24 team Canad Inns Men's Classic qualifying round, held October 12 - 15, 2018 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. In their opening game, Sturmay lost 4-3 to Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON), then responded with a 7-6 win over Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN). Sturmay won 4-2 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK), then won 5-3 against Howard and 6-4 against Braden Calvert (winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Sturmay earned 39.313 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Canad Inns Men's Classic, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 34th place overall with 113.420 total points. Sturmay ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.216 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	2	0	0.714	3-1	2-1	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	55	35	28	6.36	5.09	1.27	3.82	3.82	1.67	1.33	2.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	26	33	3	4	1-0	1-0	9-0	1.27	0.12	0.50	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	29	2	25	9	0-0	0-0	0-7	0.07	0.86	0.61	0.07

2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson, Craig Savill
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Kerry Burtnyk
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Winnipeg, MB
2008: Glenn Howard
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Coldwater, ON
2007: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Brad Heidt
Brad Heidt, Joel Jordison, Brent Gedak, Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

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