CHAMPION: Howard Wins 2014 The Syncrude National

Penetanguishene, Ontario

SKIP
Glenn
Howard

Third
Wayne
Middaugh

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Craig
Savill

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.17
PA/G:	6.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) won 7-6 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the The Syncrude National, held March 12 - 16, 2014 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Howard won 10-6 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2014 The Syncrude National in Fort McMurray, Alberta; and won 7-3 over Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 The Syncrude National in Fort McMurray, Alberta;

Howard finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated Travis Fanset (Toronto, ON) 6-3, then won 7-4 against Pascal Hess (Zug, SUI). Howard went on to lose 10-9 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Howard responded with a 6-5 win over Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS). Howard won 8-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the The Syncrude National Championship title, Howard 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 428.530 total points. Howard ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 195.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	47	23	0	0.671	32-8	13-15	9-10	4-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	538	419	312	7.79	5.80	1.99	4.59	3.90	1.70	1.49	1.51

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	270	334	55	43	9-0	20-2	81-8	1.24	0.20	0.48	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	268	85	257	38	1-3	3-11	13-59	0.32	0.96	0.56	0.24

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