CHAMPION: Manitoba's Mike McEwen Wins Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic

Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Pat
Simmons

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.75
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Manitoba's Mike McEwen won 6-4 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic, held January 11 - 14, 2018 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Manitoba's Mike McEwen won 6-2 over Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) in the semifinals of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Manitoba's Mike McEwen finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Manitoba's Mike McEwen defeated Arizona's Darryl Horsman 7-5, then won 10-4 against Bob Leclair (Tempe, AZ) and 8-2 against Geall. Manitoba's Mike McEwen won 6-4 against Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic Championship title, Manitoba's Mike McEwen earned 34.894 world rankings points along with the $7,460CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with 672.729 total points. Manitoba's Mike McEwen ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 332.031 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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