Epping Reaches 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup Quarters

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Craig
Savill

John Epping (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-7 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan;

Epping finished 2-2 in the 15 team Humpty's Champions Cup qualifying round, held April 23 - 28, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Epping defeated Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) 8-2, then won 7-6 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Epping went on to lose 7-2 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Epping lost 5-3 to Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 31.213 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Humpty's Champions Cup, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 18.207 after improving upon their best so far this season. Epping ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 362.112 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	2	3	0	0.400	1-2	1-1	1-0	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	36	27	29	7.50	8.06	-0.56	4.17	5.28	1.80	1.53	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	20	27	4	1	0-0	4-0	4-0	1.35	0.20	0.42	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	16	0	25	1	0-1	0-1	0-4	0.00	1.56	0.60	0.00

2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

Thomas Ulsrud (photo by Celine Stucki / WCF) reunited this season with Torger Nergaard, competing this weekend at opening Norway Cup event.

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