McEwen Runner-Up at 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-6 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, held December 2 - 10, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 6-4 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings in Ottawa, Ontario;

McEwen finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 7-3, then won 3-1 against John Morris (Vernon, BC) and 8-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). McEwen went on to lose 6-5 against Koe. McEwen responded with a 10-4 win over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen went on to lose 8-3 against Gushue. McEwen lost 6-3 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) where McEwen responded with a 6-4 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, McEwen take home 69.935 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with 637.835 total points. McEwen ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 297.137 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

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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