Pierce3-3 at 2025 Astec Safety Challenge

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Third
Matthew
Blandford

Second
Cody
Johnston

Lead
Nicholas
Umbach

Brent Pierce (New Westminister, BC) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) 8-5, then went on to lose 7-4 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). Pierce responded with a 7-3 win over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Pierce went on to lose 6-1 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Pierce responded with a 9-7 win over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB). Pierce went on to lose 5-3 against Edin in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 7.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Pierce move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 4.125 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 41st overall with 88.406 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Pierce ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	29	24	0	0.547	4-2	1-3	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	389	299	295	7.69	7.58	0.10	4.52	4.22	1.70	1.80	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	187	234	55	21	9-1	21-4	32-8	1.25	0.29	0.37	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	202	65	240	28	1-6	3-23	10-44	0.32	1.19	0.43	0.23

2025: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2007: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Ryan Fry, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Jon Mead, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson, Rob Bucholz, Glen Kennedy, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2004: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan, Jim Cotter, Kevin MacKenzie, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2003: John Morris
John Morris, Shane Park, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2002: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
Strongfield, SK
2001: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller
, SUI
2000: Rob Ewen
Andreas Schwaller
, SK
1999: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Bob Ursel, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
, BC
1998: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK
1997: Doug Walker
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Beaumont, AB
1995: Lowell Peterman
Lowell Peterman, Trevor Sparks, Kelly Row, Peter Innes
Red Deer, AB
1994: Ed Lukowich
Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk
Calgary, AB

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