Higgs Reaches 2016 KW Fall Classic Quarters

Ottawa, Ontario

Fourth
Mike
McLean

SKIP
Jake
Higgs

Second
Kevin
Lagerquist

Lead
Nate
Crawford

Jake Higgs (Ottawa, ON) qualified for the 2016 KW Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Kieran Scott (Guelph, ON). of the 2016 KW Fall Classic in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario;

Higgs finished 3-2 in the 18 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 22 - 25, 2016 in , . In their opening game, Higgs defeated Jordie Lyon-Hatcher (Waterloo, ON) 7-0, then went on to lose 6-3 against Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON). Higgs responded with a 6-1 win over Ben Bevan (Whitby, ON). Higgs went on to lose 7-6 against Connor Duhaime (Barrie, ON). Higgs responded with a 7-0 win over Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Higgs earned 8.358 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KW Fall Classic, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 60.066 total points. Higgs ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.814 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	3	0	0.500	3-1	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	35	32	19	9.14	5.43	3.71	4.86	4.00	1.88	1.36	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	15	19	4	1	1-0	0-0	6-0	1.27	0.27	0.50	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	20	13	15	3	1-0	0-1	3-3	0.65	0.75	0.60	0.35

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