Carruthers Reaches 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Third
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Carruthers finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated John Epping (Toronto, ON) 6-5, then won 7-2 against Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT). Carruthers went on to lose 6-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Carruthers lost 6-5 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Carruthers earned 27.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1. Carruthers gained 6 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 7thplace overall with 243.611 total points. Carruthers ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 100.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	48	42	0	0.533	11-7	5-10	4-3	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	672	483	437	7.19	6.50	0.68	4.43	4.11	1.62	1.58	1.46

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	332	361	75	61	7-0	25-4	76-10	1.09	0.23	0.40	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	340	122	362	37	3-5	7-22	15-82	0.36	1.06	0.50	0.25

2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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