CHAMPION: Stoughton Wins 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jeff
Stoughton

Third
Jon
Mead

Second
Reid
Carruthers

Lead
Mark
Nichols

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.71
PA/G:	4.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-2 over Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Point Optical Curling Classic, held September 27 - 30, 2013 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Stoughton won 7-3 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 8-2 over Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Stoughton finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stoughton defeated Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK) 4-3, then won 7-1 against Brady Clark (Lynnwood, WA) and 6-3 against Mark Kean (Toronto, ON). Stoughton won 10-3 against Martin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Point Optical Curling Classic Championship title, Stoughton earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 1st place overall with 308.350 total points. Stoughton ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	62	25	0	0.713	35-11	18-13	11-8	4-1	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	669	537	376	8.03	5.62	2.41	4.75	3.89	1.69	1.45	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	330	412	64	50	14-2	21-0	92-11	1.25	0.19	0.45	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	339	125	312	41	1-4	6-11	25-65	0.37	0.92	0.62	0.25

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