Balsdon5-6 at 2014 Tim Hortons Brier

Hamilton, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Mark
Bice

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	11
Record:	5W - 6L
PF/G:	6.92
PA/G:	7.31
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.09

Greg Balsdon (Hamilton, ON) finished 5-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Jean-Michel Menard (St-Romauld, PQ) 9-7, then went on to lose 5-4 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, Y/NWT). Balsdon responded with a 7-6 win over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Balsdon went on to lose 9-6 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Balsdon responded with a 8-5 win over Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT). Balsdon won 8-3 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI). Balsdon went on to lose 8-3 against John Morris (Vernon, BC). Balsdon lost 10-5 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Balsdon lost 9-7 to Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Balsdon lost 8-6 to Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) where Balsdon responded with a 9-6 win over Jamie Murphy (Lower Sackville, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 10.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 132.555 total points. Balsdon ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	39	22	0	0.639	14-12	11-5	7-2	2-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	505	376	337	7.45	6.67	0.77	4.55	4.22	1.63	1.58	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	256	306	65	28	6-0	20-2	67-13	1.20	0.25	0.41	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	249	70	272	34	0-6	4-14	12-59	0.28	1.09	0.52	0.20

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