Birr4-5 at 2016 USA Men's National Curling Championship

Blaine, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Doug
Pottinger

Second
John
Benton

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	7.38
PA/G:	8.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Hunter Clawson (Baltimore, MD) 8-7, then went on to lose 9-3 against Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Birr responded with a 7-6 win over Craig Brown (Blaine, USA). Birr went on to lose 5-4 against Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA). Birr lost 10-5 to Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Birr lost 11-7 to Pete Fenson (Blaine, USA). Birr lost 8-6 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) where Birr responded with a 7-6 win over Heath McCormick (New York, NY). Birr won 12-5 against Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 6.187 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 58.210 total points. Birr ranks 67th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.530 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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