CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 8-5 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, held May 3 - 8, 2022 in Olds, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 6-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Olds, Alberta; and won 6-3 over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Olds, Alberta;

Gushue finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated John Epping (Toronto, ON) 7-4, then went on to lose 5-4 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Gushue responded with a 8-2 win over Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Gushue went on to lose 8-5 against Koe. Gushue responded with a 7-4 win over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Championship title, Gushue earned 74.354 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 23.01 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 576.877 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

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
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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