Kean Runner-Up at 2017 Brantford Nissan Mens Classic

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Mark
Kean

Third
Colin
Dow

Second
Brad
Kidd

Lead
Scott
Brandon

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.54
PA/G:	5.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) lost 3-0 to Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the Brantford Nissan Mens Classic, held December 1 - 3, 2017 at the Brant Curling Club in Brantford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kean won 5-4 over Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) in the semifinals of the 2017 Brantford Nissan Mens Classic in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; and won 9-6 over Codey Maus (London, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Kean finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean lost 5-2 to John Willsey (Ottawa, ON), droppimg another game, 5-4 to Greg Park (Oshawa, ON) where Kean responded with a 8-7 win over Connor Duhaime (Barrie, ON). Kean won 8-2 against Ryan Sayer (New Liskeard, ON), then won 6-3 against Cory Heggestad (Stroud, ON) and 7-1 against Brandon Tippin (Owen Sound, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Brantford Nissan Mens Classic, Kean take home 19.442 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 133.368 total points. Kean ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.943 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Connor Lawes, Connor Duhaime, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly
Grimsby, ON
2021: Sam Mooibroek
Sam Mooibroek, Matthew Garner, Brady Lumley, Spencer Dunlop , Matt Wilkinson
Kitchener, ON
2019: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Kevin Flewwelling, Chad Allen, Sean Harrison
Brantford, ON
2018: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON
2017: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Mark Bice
Mark Bice, Aaron Squires, Tyler Morgan, Steve Bice
Sarnia, ON
2015: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Ben Bevan, Carter Adair, Aaron Chapman
Waterloo, ON
2014: Joe Frans
Joe Frans, Craig Van Ymeren, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Jeff Gorda
St Thomas , ON
2013: Joe Frans
Joe Frans, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2012: Joe Frans
Joe Frans, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2011: Mark Bice
Mark Bice, Codey Maus, Steve Bice, Jamie Danbrook
Sarnia, ON
2010: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON
2007: Pat Ferris
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Beamsville, ON
2006: John Epping
John Epping, Nick Rizzo, Scott Foster, Ken McDermot
Omemee, ON
2005: Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor, John Thompson, Rob Saunders, Jeff Armstrong
Kitchener, ON
2004: Todd Brandwood
Todd Brandwood, Scott Banner, Bill Buchanan, Brad Hiscock
Hamilton, ON
1996: Bob Ingram
Todd Brandwood, Scott Banner, Bill Buchanan, Brad Hiscock
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