CHAMPION: Gedak Wins 2018 Moose Jaw Cash Spiel

Estevan, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Brent
Gedak

Third
Jason
Ackerman

Second
Derek
Owens

Lead
Curtis
Horwath

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.06
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK) won 6-5 over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Moose Jaw Cash Spiel, held November 16 - 18, 2018 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gedak won 8-6 over Carson Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2018 Moose Jaw Cash Spiel in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 8-2 over Mike Armstrong (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Moose Jaw Cash Spiel in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Gedak finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gedak defeated Steven Howard (Regina, SK) 8-4, then won 6-2 against Shawn Meyer (Regina, SK). Gedak went on to lose 8-6 against Kleiter. Gedak responded with a 10-2 win over Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Moose Jaw Cash Spiel Championship title, Gedak earned 10.666 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Gedak move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 7.21 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 90th overall with 45.792 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gedak ranks 90th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.053 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

Bottcher Out!

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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