McKeown/Nickel2-3 at 2019 Canad Inns Mixed Doubles Championship

Kirstin McKeown/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, MN) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McKeown/Nickel lost 7-3 to Ontario's Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill, droppimg another game, 9-4 to Alli Flaxey/Patrick Janssen (Pickering, ON) where McKeown/Nickel responded with a 8-5 win over Jada Pantel/Cole Chandler (Winnipeg, MB). McKeown/Nickel went on to lose 7-4 against Jolene Campbell/John Morris (Canmore, AB). McKeown/Nickel responded with a 11-3 win over Junko Nishimuro/Satoru Tsukamoto (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

McKeown/Nickel earned 4.217 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.218 after improving upon their best so far this season. McKeown/Nickel ranks 128th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.510 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

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.