Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won
7-5 over
Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final Advancing directly to the semifinals, Gunnlaugson won
8-4 over
JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;
Gunnlaugson finished 2-0 in the 12 team
Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker qualifying round, held August 23 - 25, 2019 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated
Ross LaVallee (Winnipeg, MB) 11-2, then won
9-4 against
Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned
27.203 world rankings points along with the $2,230CDN first prize cheque. Gunnlaugson move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 24.314 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with
236.855 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gunnlaugson ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
41.828 points earned so far this season.
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