CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2015 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	6.90
PA/G:	5.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 7-3 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held December 2 - 6, 2015 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 7-6 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2015 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Koe finished 5-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) 8-5, then won 7-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) and 8-6 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Koe went on to lose 9-5 against Epping. Koe responded with a 7-4 win over Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Koe went on to lose 5-4 against McEwen. Koe responded with a 7-4 win over Pat Simmons (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling Championship title, Koe earned 86.379 world rankings points along with the $21,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with 661.534 total points. Koe ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 376.074 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

2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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