CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.64
PA/G:	5.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 4-2 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, held October 10 - 13, 2014 at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 5-3 over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 9-7 over Kevin Marsh (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Koe finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Thomas Usselman (Calgary, AB) 7-2, then won 7-4 against Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB) and 6-5 against Sluchinski in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Championship title, Koe earned 17.050 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with 173.375 total points. Koe ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.050 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

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