CHAMPION: Gunnlaugson Wins 2021 DEKALB Superspiel

SKIP
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Third
Adam
Casey

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-3 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the DEKALB Superspiel, held December 3 - 6, 2021 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won 8-2 over Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; and won 11-1 over Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Gunnlaugson finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated Andrin Schnider (Schaffhausen, SUI) 7-4, then went on to lose 8-1 against Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK). Gunnlaugson responded with a 9-7 win over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Gunnlaugson won 5-0 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 6-4 against Sturmay to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 6-0 win over Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the DEKALB Superspiel Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned 41.791 world rankings points along with the $11,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with 250.795 total points. Gunnlaugson ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 132.351 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

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NO
2022: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Lott, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Adam Casey, Matt Wozniak, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Dylan Johnston
Dylan Johnston, Mike Badiuk, Cody Johnston, Travis Showalter
, NO
2016: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Jim Coleman, Daniel Grant, Chris Gallant
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Steen Sigurdson
Steen Sigurdson, Riley Smith, Ian McMillan, Nick Curtis
Winnipeg, MB
2012: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Tyler Forrest
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Braeden Moskowy
Braeden Moskowy, Kirk Muyres, DJ Kidby, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2011: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Vic Peters
Daley Peters, Vic Peters, Kyle Werenich, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB

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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