Kean Runner-Up at 2022 Capital Curling Rideau Open

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Mark
Kean

Third
Cameron
Goodkey

Second
Wesley
Forget

Lead
Ed
Cyr

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	7.05
PA/G:	4.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Mark Kean (Ottawa, ON) lost 7-6 to Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Capital Curling Rideau Open, held November 18 - 20, 2022 at the Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kean won 5-1 over Ted Butler (Buckingham, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Capital Curling Rideau Open in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-3 over Erin Morrissey (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Capital Curling Rideau Open in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;

Kean finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated Francis Hawco (Ottawa, ON) 5-2, then won 6-3 against Raphael Patry (Saguenay , QC) and 4-2 against Lauren Horton (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Capital Curling Rideau Open, Kean take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize. Kean move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 4.812 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 49th overall with 72.825 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kean ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	28	22	0	0.560	9-3	4-3	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	337	249	221	7.39	6.56	0.83	4.75	4.04	1.56	1.63	1.22

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	161	148	65	20	1-1	6-3	35-13	0.92	0.40	0.30	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	176	101	156	21	3-2	6-9	18-39	0.57	0.89	0.46	0.35

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