CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2022 Boost National

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 5-4 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Boost National, held October 4 - 9, 2022 in North Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 11-0 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Boost National in North Bay, Ontario; and won 9-6 over Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Boost National in North Bay, Ontario;

Gushue finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) 7-6, then won 8-6 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) and 5-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). Gushue won 5-3 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon , SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Boost National Championship title, Gushue earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $33,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.89 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 96.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	60	17	0	0.779	17-3	12-5	4-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	608	543	325	8.93	5.35	3.59	5.02	3.82	1.78	1.40	1.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	281	430	22	33	16-0	27-0	94-5	1.53	0.08	0.55	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	327	113	303	38	2-1	8-11	17-63	0.35	0.93	0.65	0.23

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Ross Paterson
Ross Paterson, Kyle Waddell, Duncan Menzies, Michael Goodfellow
Glasgow, SCO
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2013: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey, Maxime Elmaleh
Toronto, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner, Phil Loevenmark, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2004: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON
2003: Pierre Charette
Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Michel Ferland, Marco Berthelot
Buckingham, QC
2002: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON

Bottcher Out!

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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