Koe Runner-Up at 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Tyler
Tardi

Second
Jacques
Gauthier

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost 4-3 to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the ATB Okotoks Classic, held September 22 - 24, 2023 at the Okotoks Curling Club in Okotoks, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 5-3 over Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada;

Koe finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) 8-2, then went on to lose 6-4 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). Koe responded with a 7-4 win over Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Koe went on to lose 7-6 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Koe responded with a 4-1 win over JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR). Koe won 9-3 against Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN), then won 5-1 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ATB Okotoks Classic, Koe take home 33.000 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 339.250 total points. Koe ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	45	29	0	0.608	6-4	3-6	4-4	1-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	577	414	356	7.18	6.17	1.01	4.52	3.97	1.59	1.55	1.51

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	269	327	56	35	5-1	24-2	67-11	1.22	0.21	0.41	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	308	87	300	52	2-5	2-14	12-66	0.28	0.97	0.56	0.21

2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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