McEwen4-4 at 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) 7-2, then won 11-2 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). McEwen went on to lose 10-2 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). McEwen responded with a 6-5 win over Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON). McEwen went on to lose 7-6 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). McEwen responded with a 6-2 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). McEwen went on to lose 9-5 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT). McEwen lost 6-4 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 20.247 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. McEwen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.028 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 242.364 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.506 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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