Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
9-4 over
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the DEKALB Superspiel, held November 18 - 21, 2016 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
4-3 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2016 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; and won
8-1 over
Kody Hartung (Saskatoon , SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;
McEwen finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Coard Allard (Morris, MB) 8-2, then won
6-1 against
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) and
8-3 against
Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). McEwen went on to lose
6-4 against
Lyburn. McEwen responded with a
6-3 win over
Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). McEwen won
3-2 against
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the DEKALB Superspiel Championship title, McEwen earned
46.260 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 6th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
617.558 total points. McEwen ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
159.637 points earned so far this season.
