Purcell Reaches 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Quarters

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Luke
Saunders

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Ryan
Abraham

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.46
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.08

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) qualified for the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-6 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK).

Purcell finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell lost 6-5 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR), then responded with a 6-5 win over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Purcell went on to lose 5-2 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Purcell responded with a 7-5 win over Yves Stocker (Oberwallis, SUI). Purcell won 5-4 against Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Purcell earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2. For week 10 of the event schedule, Purcell did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Purcell ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2024: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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