Manuel4-4 at 2024 Montana's Brier

SKIP
Matthew
Manuel

Third
Luke
Saunders

Second
Jeffrey
Meagher

Lead
Nick
Zachernuk

Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) finished 4-4 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Manuel lost 7-4 to Brad Gushue (St.John's, CAN), droppimg another game, 11-7 to Tyler Smith (Crapaud, PEI). Manuel lost 8-7 to Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) where Manuel responded with a 6-2 win over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Manuel won 7-4 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK), then won 11-5 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Manuel went on to lose 7-5 against Shane Latimer (Iqaluit, NU). Manuel responded with a 6-5 win over Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Manuel earned 13.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Manuel move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 12.375 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 54th overall with 61.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Manuel ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	30	21	0	0.588	3-4	6-5	1-3	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	403	299	254	7.42	6.30	1.12	4.69	4.14	1.58	1.52	1.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	192	218	44	28	5-0	8-1	58-5	1.14	0.23	0.43	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	211	81	210	19	1-6	0-11	15-40	0.38	1.00	0.56	0.29

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