Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-1 over
Adam Casey (Regina, SK) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic, held January 19 - 22, 2017 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
8-3 over
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK) in the semifinals of the 2017 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won
8-4 over
Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.
McEwen finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) 5-3, then won
3-2 against
Korte and
6-5 against
Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC). McEwen won
4-1 against
Nils Johansson (Tempe, AZ) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic Championship title, McEwen earned
41.851 world rankings points along with the $7,994CDN first prize cheque. McEwen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 37.541 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with
702.518 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
244.597 points earned so far this season.
