CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2013 Canadian Open

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Pat
Simmons

Second
Carter
Rycroft

Lead
Nolan
Thiessen

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	4.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.08

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 5-4 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Canadian Open, held November 13 - 17, 2013 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 4-3 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the semifinals of the 2013 Canadian Open in Medicine Hat, Alberta; and won 7-4 over Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Koe finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated John Epping (Toronto, ON) 4-2, then won 8-4 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) and 6-5 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Koe won 7-1 against Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Koe went on to lose 5-3 against John Morris (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canadian Open Championship title, Koe earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with 371.600 total points. Koe ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 153.600 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	72	32	0	0.692	38-14	27-17	13-8	5-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	839	654	495	7.80	5.90	1.90	4.72	3.98	1.65	1.48	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	414	512	77	52	10-1	35-1	114-7	1.24	0.19	0.44	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	425	142	418	57	5-5	3-25	21-84	0.33	0.98	0.58	0.23

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