McDonald Reaches 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard Semifinals

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Scott
McDonald

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Wesley
Forget

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.31
PA/G:	6.73
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) run at the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-3 loss to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). McDonald advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC).

McDonald finished 4-1 in the 26 team StuSells Toronto Tankard qualifying round, held October 5 - 8, 2018 at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Canada. In their opening game, McDonald defeated Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) 7-4, then went on to lose 9-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). McDonald responded with a 5-4 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). McDonald won 6-4 against Brandon Tippin (Elmvale, ON), then won 7-6 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

McDonald earned 31.056 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the StuSells Toronto Tankard. McDonald move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 17.209 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 202.489 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 77.862 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	5	2	0	0.714	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
2019	52	38	35	7.31	6.73	0.58	4.62	4.23	1.58	1.59	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	25	33	3	2	0-0	3-0	7-0	1.32	0.12	0.43	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	27	5	32	4	0-1	0-2	1-6	0.19	1.19	0.53	0.15

2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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