Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-2 over
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2013 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
6-5 over
Brock Virtue (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2013 Canad Inns Prairie Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Canad Inns Prairie Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;
McEwen finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, ON) 7-6, then won
6-5 against
Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) and
7-2 against
John Morris (Vernon, BC). McEwen won
8-3 against
Virtue in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canad Inns Prairie Classic Championship title, McEwen earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 5th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
285.060 total points. McEwen ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
87.500 points earned so far this season.
