McEwen Runner-Up at 2011 Westcoast Curling Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	8.39
PA/G:	6.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost 5-2 to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Westcoast Curling Classic, held October 7 - 10, 2011 at the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 6-4 over Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK) in the semifinals of the 2011 Westcoast Curling Classic in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; and won 6-0 over Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Westcoast Curling Classic in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada;

McEwen finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Bryan Kedziora (Maple Ridge, BC) 8-6, then went on to lose 8-2 against Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC). McEwen responded with a 8-4 win over Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN). McEwen went on to lose 6-3 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). McEwen responded with a 7-1 win over Jason Montgomery (Duncan, BC). McEwen won 6-5 against Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB), then won 6-5 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Westcoast Curling Classic, McEwen take home 19.710 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN prize, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 293.030 total points. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.710 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

2012: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Koe
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: David Hamblin
David Hamblin, Ross Derksen, Kevin Hamblin, Ross McConnell
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC

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