McEwen Runner-Up at Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	6.84
PA/G:	5.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost 4-2 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 5-4 over Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and won 7-3 over Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

McEwen finished 4-1 in the 24 team Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 22 - 25 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, McEwen defeated Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) 6-4, then won 6-4 against John Morris (Regina, SK) and 6-3 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). McEwen went on to lose 6-1 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). McEwen responded with a 6-1 win over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic, McEwen take home 52.250 world rankings points along with the $14,800CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with 336.570 total points. McEwen ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 183.548 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	2	0	0.750	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
	57	39	29	6.84	5.09	1.75	5.09	3.51	1.34	1.45	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	27	25	7	4	0-0	1-0	5-2	0.93	0.26	0.26	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	30	14	22	4	0-0	0-1	3-5	0.47	0.73	0.60	0.37

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