Epping Reaches 2023 Ontario Tankard Semifinals

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

John Epping (Toronto, ON) run at the 2023 Ontario Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON). of the 2023 Ontario Tankard in Port Elgin, Ontario;

Epping finished 5-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Aaron Squires (St Thomas, ON) 8-7, then went on to lose 7-6 against McEwen. Epping responded with a 9-2 win over Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). Epping won 8-5 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON), then won 8-4 against Jason Camm (Ottawa, ON) and 7-2 against Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON). Epping went on to lose 7-3 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Ontario Tankard. Epping move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.25 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 175.024 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 134.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	37	24	0	0.607	7-6	2-7	2-5	2-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	450	362	300	8.04	6.67	1.38	4.40	4.22	1.83	1.58	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	234	282	70	33	11-0	24-2	50-14	1.21	0.30	0.42	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	216	80	230	29	2-3	8-15	8-50	0.37	1.06	0.51	0.23

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