Martin Runner-Up at 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Martin

Third
David
Nedohin

Second
Marc
Kennedy

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	7.46
PA/G:	6.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-2 to Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) 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, Martin won 4-1 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in the semifinals of the 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-2 over Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Martin finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated Dean Ross (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won 6-2 against Fowler and 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Martin went on to lose 10-3 against Stoughton. Martin responded with a 9-6 win over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Martin won 6-3 against John Morris (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Point Optical Curling Classic, Martin take home 25.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 177.963 total points. Martin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.350 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	57	18	0	0.760	33-9	17-8	14-4	3-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	564	435	335	7.71	5.94	1.77	4.70	3.88	1.64	1.53	1.42

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	275	352	48	34	11-0	22-4	68-3	1.28	0.17	0.42	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	289	83	287	46	1-7	4-6	11-71	0.29	0.99	0.54	0.21

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