McEwen5-1 at Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	7.82
PA/G:	5.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) finished 5-1 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK) 5-3, then went on to lose 8-5 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). McEwen responded with a 8-4 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). McEwen won 7-2 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON), then won 9-4 against Flasch and 9-8 against Gunnlaugson in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event Championship title, McEwen earned 16.219 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with 203.273 total points. McEwen ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.415 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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