Blandford Reaches 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Brent
Hamilton

Lead
Brad
Chyz

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	5.31
PA/G:	7.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) qualified for the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). of the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Blandford finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blandford defeated Josh Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) 5-3, then won 5-3 against Wade White (Edmonton, AB). Blandford went on to lose 8-1 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Blandford responded with a 4-3 win over White in their final qualifying round match.

Blandford earned 5.115 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 30th place overall with 38.770 total points. Blandford ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.280 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

2025: Evan Van Amsterdam
Evan Van Amsterdam, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Parker Konschuh, Darren Moulding
Edmonton, AB
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB

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