Dunstone Runner-Up at 2023 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Matt
Dunstone

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Lott

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-5 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Brier, held March 3 - 12, 2023 in London, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won 7-5 over Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario;

Dunstone finished 8-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) 9-3, then won 14-2 against Jake Higgs (Iqaluit, NU) and 10-4 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). Dunstone won 8-4 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS), then won 8-4 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) and 13-3 against Nathan Young (St. John's, NL). Dunstone won 9-5 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB), then won 9-2 against Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tim Hortons Brier, Dunstone take home 52.250 world rankings points. Dunstone move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 17.35 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 332.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dunstone ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 332.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	69	23	0	0.750	20-4	8-7	5-2	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	692	589	389	8.51	5.62	2.89	4.87	3.70	1.75	1.52	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	329	442	54	49	12-0	39-2	88-7	1.34	0.16	0.50	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	363	147	335	50	2-3	7-14	27-85	0.41	0.92	0.52	0.28

An early-season slump well behind them, Kayla Skrlik's Calgary-based team is rising up the rankings and appears primed to peak at the right time.

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