Silver Reaches TBayTel Major League of Curling Quarters

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Chris
Silver

Third
Owen
Riches

Second
Connor
Mangoff

Lead
Travis
Showalter

Games:	16
Record:	9W - 7L
PF/G:	7.96
PA/G:	6.99
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, NONT) qualified for the TBayTel Major League of Curling playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT).

Silver finished 9-6 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Silver defeated Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NONT) 8-3, then won 9-4 against Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver went on to lose 8-4 against Bonot. Silver responded with a 6-5 win over Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver went on to lose 6-4 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver responded with a 8-4 win over Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver won 9-0 against Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 7-2 against Jackson Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver went on to lose 6-3 against Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver responded with a 5-2 win over Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver went on to lose 8-7 against Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver lost 8-1 to Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Silver responded with a 5-2 win over Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver went on to lose 8-4 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT). Silver responded with a 6-5 win over Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Silver earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 7 finish in the TBayTel Major League of Curling. For week 26 of the event schedule, Silver did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Silver ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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