Purcell Reaches 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Adam
McEachren

Lead
Scott
Weagle

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) run at the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-2 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Purcell advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-1 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Purcell finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON) 7-4, then won 5-4 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) and 6-3 against Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Purcell earned 14.875 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 82.702 total points. Purcell ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	31	17	0	0.646	5-0	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
2023	359	295	213	8.22	5.93	2.28	4.79	3.90	1.72	1.52	1.31

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	171	213	41	27	5-1	16-0	47-11	1.25	0.24	0.47	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	188	82	172	20	2-4	4-6	12-34	0.44	0.91	0.61	0.29

2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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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