CHAMPION: McDonald Wins 2023 MCT Showdown

SKIP
Jordon
McDonald

Third
Dallas
Burgess

Second
Elias
Huminicki

Lead
Cameron
Olafson

Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-2 over Thomas McGillivray (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Showdown, held November 24 - 26, 2023 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 5-1 over Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 MCT Showdown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

McDonald finished 4-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Devon Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) 5-4, then won 5-4 against Richard Muntain (Winnipeg, MB) and 6-5 against Smith. McDonald won 7-2 against Cyrus Brandt (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Showdown Championship title, McDonald earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. McDonald move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 5.25 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 62nd overall with 60.312 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	16	0	0.754	8-1	3-2	5-1	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	422	374	221	8.86	5.24	3.63	5.12	3.55	1.73	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	193	241	45	22	7-1	18-2	45-4	1.25	0.23	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	229	133	176	34	3-2	14-9	16-36	0.58	0.77	0.59	0.35

2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Taylor McIntyre
Taylor McIntyre, Sam Good, Riley Smith, Jared Hancox
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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