Koe Runner-Up at 2023 Insitu Players Open

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Tyler
Tardi

Second
Jacques
Gauthier

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost 5-4 to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Insitu Players Open, held October 12 - 15, 2023 at the Dundas Granite Curling Club in Dundas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 3-2 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-3 over Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada;

Koe finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) 7-6, then won 9-4 against Bottcher and 7-6 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Koe won 6-2 against Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON), then won 7-5 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Insitu Players Open, Koe take home 38.500 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 7th place overall with 301.187 total points. Koe ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	45	29	0	0.608	6-4	3-6	4-4	1-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	577	414	356	7.18	6.17	1.01	4.52	3.97	1.59	1.55	1.51

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	269	327	56	35	5-1	24-2	67-11	1.22	0.21	0.41	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	308	87	300	52	2-5	2-14	12-66	0.28	0.97	0.56	0.21

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