Bryden Runner-Up at Original 16 Broomstacker

Regina, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Josh
Bryden

Third
Adam
Bukurak

Second
Carter
Williamson

Lead
Ayden
Whittmire

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.29
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) lost 7-1 to Carl deConinck Smith (Fox Valley, SK) in the Final of the Original 16 Broomstacker, held November 7 - 9 at the Wadena Curling Club in Wadena, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bryden won 8-4 over Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the Original 16 Broomstacker in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 5-0 over Tyler Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the Original 16 Broomstacker in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Bryden finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryden defeated Ben Gamble (Regina, SK) 5-4, then won 5-4 against Michael Carss (Saskatoon, SK). Bryden went on to lose 6-4 against Bradley Moser (Saskatoon, SK). Bryden responded with a 7-4 win over Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Original 16 Broomstacker, Bryden take home 9.350 world rankings points along with the $1,440CDN prize, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 77th place overall with 34.407 total points. Bryden ranks 84th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.563 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	15	17	0	0.469	3-0	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	241	169	167	7.01	6.93	0.08	4.52	3.94	1.55	1.76	1.54

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	112	107	41	15	1-1	7-2	21-5	0.96	0.37	0.30	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	129	62	126	22	1-4	4-11	11-25	0.48	0.98	0.40	0.31

2025: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Ryan Deis, Dustin Mikush, Kalin Deis
Fox Valley, SK
2024: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2023: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennan Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp
Regina, SK
2022: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2021: Jason Jacobson
Jason Jacobson, Dustin Kalthoff, Jake Hersikorn, Quinn Hersikorn , Darrell McKee
Saskatoon, SK
2019: Shaun Meachem
Shaun Meachem, Brady Scharback, Brayden Stewart, Jared Latos , Jeff Chambers
Saskatoon, SK
2018: Kody Hartung
Kody Hartung, Tyler Hartung, Jayden Shwaga, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon , SK

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