MacIsaac Runner-Up at New Holland Canadian Junior Championships

SKIP
Calan
MacIsaac

Third
Nathan
Gray

Second
Owain
Fisher

Lead
Christopher
McCurdy

Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS) lost 7-6 to Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships , held March 24 - 31 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, MacIsaac won 7-5 over Dylan Derksen (Martensville, SK) in the semifinals of the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta; and won 8-4 over Parker Tipple (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta;

MacIsaac finished 5-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, MacIsaac lost 7-6 to Wipf, droppimg another game, 6-5 to Timothy Marin (Sherwood Park, AB) where MacIsaac responded with a 7-5 win over Brendan Rajala (Sudbury, NO). MacIsaac won 11-5 against Ian Deschene (Sudbury, NO), then won 8-5 against Jack MacFayden (Summerside, PEI). MacIsaac went on to lose 7-2 against Kibo Mulima (Guelph, ON). MacIsaac responded with a 8-2 win over Jace Freeman (Virden, MB). MacIsaac won 8-5 against Alex Duncan-Wu (Salmon Arm, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships Championship title, MacIsaac earned 5.500 world rankings points, moving up 79 spots the World Ranking Standings into 168th place overall with 10.000 total points. MacIsaac ranks 167th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	3	3	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	42	28	31	6.67	7.38	-0.71	3.81	4.52	1.75	1.63	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	21	19	11	4	2-0	0-1	3-2	0.90	0.52	0.29	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	21	9	20	3	0-0	0-1	3-6	0.43	0.95	0.42	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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