Purcell Runner-Up at 2022 U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Adam
McEachren

Lead
Scott
Weagle

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) lost 7-2 to Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 31 - September 3, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Purcell won 5-3 over Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals

Purcell finished 4-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) 7-4, then won 6-5 against Young and 7-3 against Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK). Purcell went on to lose 3-2 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Purcell responded with a 6-5 win over Landan Rooney (Whitby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the U25 NextGen Classic, Purcell take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 64.804 total points. Purcell ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.500 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

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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