CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 7-6 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final Koe advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, held December 2 - 10, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario.

Koe finished 7-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) 6-3, then won 8-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) and 6-5 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Koe won 7-6 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB), then won 6-5 against McEwen and 6-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Koe won 7-4 against John Morris (Vernon, BC). Koe went on to lose 6-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Championship title, Koe earned 89.009 world rankings points, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with 696.007 total points. Koe ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 312.837 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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