McKeown/Nickel2-3 at Canad Inns Mixed Doubles Championship

Blaine, Minnesota

Female
Kirstin
McKeown

Male
Gabriel
Nickel

Kirstin McKeown/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, MN) finished 2-3 in the 24 team Canad Inns Mixed Doubles Championship qualifying round, held November 15 - 17 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. In their opening game, McKeown/Nickel lost 7-3 to Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Ontario), droppimg another game, 9-4 to Alli Flaxey/Patrick Janssen (Pickering, ON) where McKeown/Nickel responded with a 8-5 win over Jada Pantel/Cole Chandler (Winnipeg, MB). McKeown/Nickel went on to lose 7-4 against Jolene Campbell/John Morris (Canmore, AB). McKeown/Nickel responded with a 11-3 win over Junko Nishimuro/Satoru Tsukamoto (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

McKeown/Nickel earned 4.217 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.218 after improving upon their best so far this season. McKeown/Nickel ranks 128th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.510 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	2	3	0	0.400	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
2020	34	30	31	8.82	9.12	-0.29	4.41	5.59	2.00	1.63	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	17	21	11	0	1-0	3-0	3-3	1.24	0.65	0.41	0.47

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	17	9	20	0	0-0	1-3	1-3	0.53	1.18	0.45	0.35

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