McDonald Reaches 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West Semifinals

SKIP
Jordon
McDonald

Third
Dallas
Burgess

Second
Elias
Huminicki

Lead
Cameron
Olafson

Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

McDonald finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB) 6-2, then went on to lose 5-3 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). McDonald responded with a 8-7 win over Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). McDonald won 8-4 against Josh Bryden (Regina, SK), then won 5-3 against Kleiter in their final qualifying round match.

McDonald earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West. McDonald move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 6.125 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 72.188 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	16	0	0.754	8-1	3-2	5-1	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	422	374	221	8.86	5.24	3.63	5.12	3.55	1.73	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	193	241	45	22	7-1	18-2	45-4	1.25	0.23	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	229	133	176	34	3-2	14-9	16-36	0.58	0.77	0.59	0.35

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