CHAMPION: McCormick Wins 2016 Coors Light Cash Spiel

Blaine, United States

SKIP
Heath
McCormick

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Korey
Dropkin

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	8.97
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) won 5-3 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Final of the Coors Light Cash Spiel, held November 25 - 27, 2016 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, McCormick won 6-3 over Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN) in the semifinals of the 2016 Coors Light Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won 8-5 over Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Coors Light Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

McCormick finished 3-1 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCormick defeated Tucker Smith (Fargo, ND) 7-4, then went on to lose 8-7 against Hunter Clawson (Laurel, MD). McCormick responded with a 7-3 win over Shawn Rojeski (Eveleth, MN). McCormick won 6-5 against Minnesota's Todd Birr in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Coors Light Cash Spiel Championship title, McCormick earned 23.384 world rankings points along with the $4,056CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 34th place overall with 173.585 total points. McCormick ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 130.891 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

2024: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Sudbury, NO
2024: Joe Polo
Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Matt Mellin, Derek Benson
Duluth, MN
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, Quinn Evenson
Duluth, USA
2014: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt, Colin Hufman
Blaine, USA
2013: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Matt Hamilton, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2012: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2008: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2007: Jeff Currie
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Thunder Bay, NO
2006: John Salo
John Salo, Ron Rosengren, Rob Sinclair, Gary Maunula
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Marshall Bagdon
Marshall Bagdon, Robin Champagne, Gary Weiss, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2003: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Pete Westberg, Kevin Birr, Greg Rheaume
Mankato, MN
2002: Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
, USA

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