Likely Advances To 2019 PEI Tankard Final

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

SKIP
John
Likely

Third
Anson
Carmody

Second
Stephen
Burgess

Lead
Robbie
Doherty

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	6.30
PA/G:	5.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

John Likely (Charlottetown, PEI) is set to play Likely in the Final Likely advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the PEI Tankard, held January 9 - 13, 2019 in Alberton, Prince Edward Island. To advance to the championship game, Likely won 6-5 over Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI) in the semifinals of the 2019 PEI Tankard in Alberton, Prince Edward Island;

Likely finished 6-1 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Likely defeated Darren Higgins (Summerside, PEI) 6-4, then won 7-4 against Steven van Ouwerkerk (Summerside, PEI) and 6-5 against Jamie Newson (Summerside, PEI). Likely went on to lose 7-1 against Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI). Likely responded with a 8-6 win over van Ouwerkerk. Likely won 5-4 against MacKenzie, then won 7-2 against Higgins in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the PEI Tankard Championship title, Likely earned 3.375 world rankings points. Likely move up 30 spots after posting a net gain of 1.606 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 267th overall with 6.914 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Likely ranks 315th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.375 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

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