CHAMPION: Mouat Wins 2021 GSOC Masters

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Bruce
Mouat

Third
Grant
Hardie

Second
Bobby
Lammie

Lead
Hammy
McMillan Jr.

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.37
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) won 7-5 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT) in the Final of the GSOC Masters, held October 19 - 24, 2021 in Oakville, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Mouat won 6-4 over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 GSOC Masters in Oakville, Ontario; and won 4-2 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Mouat finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mouat defeated Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) 7-3, then won 5-1 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) and 7-4 against Bottcher in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Masters Championship title, Mouat earned 91.111 world rankings points along with the $33,000CDN first prize cheque. Mouat move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 70.631 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 333.103 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Mouat ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 161.600 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	50	13	0	0.794	19-3	11-4	6-5	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	471	410	253	8.70	5.37	3.33	5.14	3.65	1.69	1.47	1.21

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	209	296	30	23	8-1	27-0	52-7	1.42	0.14	0.47	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	262	114	223	34	0-0	8-10	22-51	0.44	0.85	0.60	0.29

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina , SK
2018: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Toronto, ON
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2004: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Joe Frans, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2003: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2002: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK

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