Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost
5-3 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Westjet Players' Championship, held April 11 - 16, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
5-4 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2017 Westjet Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
4-2 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.
McEwen finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen lost
7-2 to
Carruthers, then responded with a
8-1 win over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). McEwen won
9-4 against
John Morris (Vernon, BC), then won
6-4 against
Gushue and
7-3 against
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Westjet Players' Championship, McEwen take home
61.143 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN prize, remaining in 4th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 27.909 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
340.698 points earned so far this season.
