Koe Runner-Up at 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Flasch

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.09
PA/G:	6.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost 5-4 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Koe won 7-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling in Estevan, Saskatchewan;

Koe finished 4-2 in the 7 team Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling qualifying round, held December 5 - 9, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Koe lost 9-5 to Jacobs, then responded with a 9-6 win over Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Koe won 8-6 against John Epping (Toronto, ON), then won 4-2 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) and 10-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Koe went on to lose 11-6 against Gushue in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, Koe take home 63.583 world rankings points along with the $17,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with 505.746 total points. Koe ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 325.694 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	3	0	0.667	3-1	1-0	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	86	61	54	7.09	6.28	0.81	4.30	3.95	1.65	1.59	1.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	41	53	4	7	2-0	3-0	11-0	1.29	0.10	0.47	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	45	8	50	8	0-1	0-2	1-13	0.18	1.11	0.47	0.16

2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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