McEwen Runner-Up at 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.72
PA/G:	5.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost 5-2 to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational, held March 29 - April 1, 2012 in Victoria, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 6-5 over Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) in the semifinals of the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia; and won 7-2 over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia;

McEwen finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Rob Iuvale (Victoria, BC) 5-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB). McEwen lost 5-3 to Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) where McEwen responded with a 6-3 win over Naomasa Takeda (Kariuzawa, JPN). McEwen won 4-3 against Brock Virtue (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational, McEwen take home 16.850 world rankings points along with the $13,000CDN prize. For week 33 of the event schedule, McEwen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 1st place on the World Ranking Standings with 468.830 total points. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 230.510 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

2013: Niklas Edin
Karlstad, SWE
2012: Kevin Martin
Edmonton, AB
2011: Glenn Howard
Coldwater, ON
2009: Wayne Middaugh
Toronto, ON
2008: Bob Ursel
Kelowna, BC
2007: Jeff Stoughton
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Bob Ursel
Kelowna, BC

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