Blandford

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Brent
Hamilton

Lead
Brad
Chyz

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.44
PA/G:	7.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Blandford finished 3-2 in the 24 team Original 16 WCT Bonspiel qualifying round, held November 8 - 10, 2013 in , . In their opening game, Blandford lost 10-5 to Sean O'Connor (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 6-5 win over Steven Andrews (Coaldale, AB). Blandford went on to lose 8-7 against Dean Mamer (Calgary, AB). Blandford responded with a 5-3 win over Dean Ross (Edmonton, AB). Blandford won 6-3 against Bob Genoway (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Blandford earned 0.550 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 51st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 29.625 total points. Blandford ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.050 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	3	3	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	43	32	34	7.44	7.91	-0.47	4.42	4.42	1.68	1.79	1.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	22	27	12	2	1-0	2-1	6-4	1.23	0.55	0.45	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	21	5	22	3	0-0	0-3	0-3	0.24	1.05	0.54	0.24

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