CHAMPION: Park Wins 2017 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Park

Third
Shane
Park

Second
Robert
Collins

Lead
Ben
Savage

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.94
PA/G:	5.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Kevin Park (Edmonton, AB) won 4-3 over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the Final of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, held October 13 - 15, 2017 at the Airdrie Curling Club in Airdrie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Park won 6-3 over Scott Garnett (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2017 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-4 over Josh Lambden (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada;

Park finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Park defeated Mike Hutchings (Morinville, AB) 6-3, then won 9-1 against Sluchinski. Park went on to lose 8-2 against Garnett. Park responded with a 8-2 win over Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Park earned 15.450 world rankings points along with the $3,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 100 spots the World Ranking Standings into 137th place overall with 23.405 total points. Park ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.450 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

2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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