Rooney Finishes Fourth at 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Championship

Mississauga, Ontario

SKIP
Landan
Rooney

Third
Daniel
Hocevar

Second
Joel
Matthews

Lead
Christopher
Oka

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	6.70
PA/G:	5.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Landan Rooney (Mississauga, ON) lost 7-4 to Jordon McDonald (Winnepeg, MB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Championship in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. of the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Championship in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec; Landan Rooney (Mississauga, ON) lost 7-4 to Jordon McDonald (Winnepeg, MB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Championship in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Rooney lost 7-1 to Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Championship in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec; and won 8-4 over Jace Freeman (Virden, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Championship in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec;

Rooney finished 5-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rooney lost 5-4 to Tao, then responded with a 7-6 win over Logan Ede (Martensville, SK). Rooney won 11-6 against Timothy Marin (Saint John, NB), then won 8-4 against Adam Fenton (Vancouver, BC) and 11-6 against Newfoundland / Labrador's Simon Perry. Rooney went on to lose 8-5 against Nova Scotia's Calan MacIsaac. Rooney lost 9-6 to Adam Drewitz (Saskatoon, SK) where Rooney responded with a 6-1 win over Adam Bedard (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the New Holland Canadian Junior Championship, Rooney take home 12.000 world rankings points. Rooney move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 10.312 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 46th overall with 74.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Rooney ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	27	31	0	0.466	3-4	2-7	0-1	0-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	472	334	331	7.08	7.01	0.06	4.41	4.28	1.61	1.64	1.31

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	225	250	70	23	3-0	21-1	51-14	1.11	0.31	0.37	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	247	84	261	39	2-7	4-19	9-54	0.34	1.06	0.46	0.24

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