CHAMPION: Mooibroek Wins 2022 U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Sam
Mooibroek

Third
Connor
Deane

Second
Nathan
Steele

Lead
Colin
Schnurr

Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) won 7-2 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 31 - September 3, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Mooibroek won 10-0 over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 U25 NextGen Classic in Edmonton, Alberta;

Mooibroek finished 4-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mooibroek defeated Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC). Mooibroek responded with a 7-2 win over Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Mooibroek won 6-3 against Nathan Young (St. John's, NL), then won 7-2 against Jordan Peters (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U25 NextGen Classic Championship title, Mooibroek earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 31 spots the World Ranking Standings into 42nd place overall with 60.591 total points. Mooibroek ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	35	13	0	0.729	4-0	2-3	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	337	286	203	8.49	6.02	2.46	4.96	3.71	1.71	1.62	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	163	207	38	21	4-1	17-2	45-5	1.27	0.23	0.46	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	174	79	165	24	2-4	5-6	12-41	0.45	0.95	0.48	0.29

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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