McCormick Runner-Up at 2016 Oakville OCT Fall Classic

SKIP
Heath
McCormick

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Korey
Dropkin

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) lost 7-2 to Kyle Smith (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Oakville OCT Fall Classic, held September 2 - 4, 2016 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McCormick won 4-3 over Manitoba's Jason Gunnlaugson in the semifinals of the 2016 Oakville OCT Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-3 over Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Oakville OCT Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

McCormick finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCormick defeated Richard Krell (Waterloo, ON) 5-2, then won 5-3 against Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC) and 6-5 against Craig Brown (Blaine, USA). McCormick won 8-7 against Scotland's Bruce Mouat in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Oakville OCT Fall Classic, McCormick take home 30.749 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. McCormick move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 16.772 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 23rd overall with 139.670 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McCormick ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.772 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

2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Codey Maus
Scott McDonald, Codey Maus, Wesley Forget, Jeff Grant, Brian Chick
London, ON

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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