CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2021 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 6-1 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, held October 8 - 11, 2021 at the High Park Club in Toronto, . To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 6-1 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto; and won 8-3 over Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto;

Gushue finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Sam Mooibroek (Kitchener, ON) 6-4, then won 8-5 against Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) and 7-4 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Gushue earned 51.344 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with 249.217 total points. Gushue ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.344 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	62	15	0	0.805	22-2	14-7	8-3	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	646	532	351	8.24	5.43	2.80	4.89	3.82	1.68	1.42	1.28

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	313	412	39	44	3-0	33-1	100-4	1.32	0.12	0.51	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	333	120	312	39	1-3	11-7	15-75	0.36	0.94	0.60	0.24

2023: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2020: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Patrick Janssen, Brent Laing , Jim Wilson
Toronto, ON
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
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

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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