CHAMPION: McEwen Wins 2011 Canad Inns Prairie Classic

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-3 over Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2011 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 6-2 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Canad Inns Prairie Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-4 over Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

McEwen finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Randy Neufeld (LaSalle, MB) 6-4, then won 7-1 against David Hamblin (Morris, MB). McEwen went on to lose 7-6 against Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB). McEwen responded with a 7-2 win over Scott Ramsay (Winnipeg, MB). McEwen won 7-2 against Grassie. McEwen went on to lose 8-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen responded with a 5-4 win over Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canad Inns Prairie Classic Championship title, McEwen earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 1st place overall with 333.030 total points. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 94.710 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

2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson, Craig Savill
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Glenn Howard
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Coldwater, ON
2007: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Brad Heidt
Brad Heidt, Joel Jordison, Brent Gedak, Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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