Koe Runner-Up at 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Flasch

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.02
PA/G:	6.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost 6-5 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, held April 23 - 28, 2019 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 6-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and won 6-3 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan;

Koe finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) 9-5, then won 8-3 against Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) and 7-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Koe went on to lose 7-5 against Gushue in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Humpty's Champions Cup, Koe take home 57.224 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.1300000000001 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 498.684 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

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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