CHAMPION: Purcell Wins 2025 Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Mens Curling Championship

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Luke
Saunders

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Ryan
Abraham

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) won 8-5 over Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the Final Purcell advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Mens Curling Championship, held January 14 - 19, 2025 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada.

Purcell finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Nicholas Deagle (Halifax, NS) 8-0, then won 10-3 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) and 8-3 against Paul Flemming (Halifax, NS). Purcell went on to lose 6-4 against Thompson. Purcell responded with a 6-4 win over Calan MacIssac (Halifax, NS). Purcell won 7-4 against Colten Steele (Dartmouth, NS), then won 6-4 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Mens Curling Championship Championship title, Purcell earned 7.500 world rankings points. Purcell move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.062 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 40th overall with 91.078 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Purcell ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	32	28	0	0.533	2-0	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	484	321	313	6.63	6.47	0.17	4.28	3.95	1.55	1.64	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	241	254	59	48	3-0	17-4	55-12	1.05	0.24	0.39	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	243	67	254	38	0-3	2-20	10-53	0.28	1.05	0.50	0.22

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