Assad5-1 at Northern Ontario Travelers West Qualifier

Geraldton, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Mike
Assad

Third
Mitch
Shallow

Second
Andrew
Hackner

Lead
Dwayne
Sutherland

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	7.09
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Mike Assad (Geraldton, NONT) finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Assad lost 8-2 to Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, ON), then responded with a 6-1 win over Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT). Assad won 7-6 against John Cummine (Sioux Lookout, NONT), then won 7-6 against Jeff Brown (North Bay, NONT) and 8-4 against Chris Glibota (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT). Assad won 9-8 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Northern Ontario Travelers West Qualifier, Assad take home 3.713 world rankings points, moving up 222 spots the World Ranking Standings into 332nd place overall with 3.713 total points. Assad ranks 275th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.713 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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