Purcell Reaches 2023 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Quarters

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Ryan
Abraham

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Adam
McEachren

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) qualified for the 2023 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). of the 2023 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Purcell finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Greg Smith (St. John's , NL) 8-4, then won 10-9 against Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS). Purcell went on to lose 7-6 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Purcell responded with a 7-2 win over Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Purcell earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic. Purcell gained 1.687 points improving upon their best 4 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 41stplace overall with 102.180 total points. Purcell ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	39	27	0	0.591	8-2	7-3	4-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	479	405	339	8.46	7.08	1.38	4.93	4.18	1.72	1.70	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	230	284	66	26	10-0	20-2	58-12	1.23	0.29	0.43	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	249	121	273	17	1-5	7-22	22-63	0.49	1.10	0.40	0.33

2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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