Gushue Reaches 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Semifinals

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.80
PA/G:	5.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) run at the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Gushue advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-3 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

Gushue finished 4-1 in the 24 team Stu Sells Toronto Tankard qualifying round, held October 3 - 7, 2019 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. In their opening game, Gushue defeated Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) 7-2, then won 6-0 against Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 6-5 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Gushue responded with a 7-6 win over Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 7-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Gushue earned 33.216 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -0.47700000000003 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.904 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	2	0	0.714	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	50	44	28	8.80	5.60	3.20	5.20	3.80	1.69	1.47	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	27	34	4	4	0-0	3-0	8-1	1.26	0.15	0.48	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	23	10	24	1	0-0	2-0	0-8	0.43	1.04	0.50	0.26

2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

2020 Shorty Jenkins Classic Cancelled

2020 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic presented by Jet Ice, VIA Rail and Choose Cornwall cancelled due to COVID-19 with plans to return in 2021 for the 25th anniversary.

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