McEwen Reaches 2021 ATB Banff Classic Semifinals

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.08
PA/G:	7.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2021 ATB Banff Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-0 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON).

McEwen finished 4-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen lost 5-2 to Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK), then responded with a 7-6 win over Parker Konschuh (Calgary, AB). McEwen went on to lose 7-4 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen responded with a 6-1 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). McEwen won 5-4 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB), then won 10-6 against Kleiter in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 24.733 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ATB Banff Classic. McEwen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 8.514 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 267.097 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 108.239 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	44	29	0	0.603	9-6	10-6	3-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	576	413	353	7.17	6.13	1.04	4.39	3.87	1.63	1.58	1.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	298	317	62	67	10-0	19-2	63-10	1.06	0.21	0.40	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	278	96	291	33	1-5	2-21	19-59	0.35	1.05	0.51	0.25

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