CHAMPION: Jacobs Wins 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

Sault Ste Marie, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Brad
Jacobs

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.01
PA/G:	4.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) won 5-4 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final Jacobs advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held December 5 - 9, 2018 in Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Jacobs finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated Koe 9-5, then won 8-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) and 5-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Jacobs won 7-4 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK), then won 7-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Jacobs went on to lose 7-6 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling Championship title, Jacobs earned 86.705 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with 438.431 total points. Jacobs ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 293.914 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

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