CHAMPION: Epping Wins 2021 ATB Banff Classic

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Ryan
Fry

Second
Mathew
Camm

Lead
Brent
Laing

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	9.67
PA/G:	4.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 7-5 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the ATB Banff Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 5-0 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

Epping finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) 5-0, then won 6-5 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) and 6-2 against Koe in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ATB Banff Classic Championship title, Epping earned 43.646 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN first prize cheque. Epping move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 37.458 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 338.778 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 116.122 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	31	0	0.483	13-4	2-13	1-5	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	434	294	290	6.77	6.68	0.09	4.22	4.29	1.61	1.56	1.50

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	211	235	68	23	7-1	14-5	47-6	1.11	0.32	0.36	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	223	59	222	42	1-3	3-10	6-54	0.26	1.00	0.51	0.20

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