Allen Runner-Up at 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Steve
Allen

Third
Ritchie
Gillan

Second
Rick
Allen

Lead
Kevin
Rathwell

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	8.42
PA/G:	5.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) lost 3-2 to Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP, held December 14 - 16, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. To advance to the championship game, Allen won 6-2 over Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP in Omaha, Nebraska;

Allen finished 2-2 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Allen defeated Frank O'Driscoll (Ottawa, ON) 10-1, then went on to lose 6-5 against Dow. Allen responded with a 6-1 win over Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe, ON). Allen went on to lose 7-3 against Balsdon in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP, Allen take home 4.950 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, remaining in 46th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.259 after improving upon their best so far this season. Allen ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 76.543 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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