Laycock Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Kirk
Muyres

Second
Matt
Dunstone

Lead
Dallan
Muyres

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.03
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) qualified for the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB).

Laycock finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Jamie King (Edmonton, AB) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Laycock responded with a 5-4 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Laycock went on to lose 6-1 against John Morris (Vernon, BC). Laycock responded with a 4-2 win over Kurt Balderston (Edmonton, AB). Laycock won 8-4 against Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK), then won 5-4 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

Laycock earned 24.703 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 339.285 total points. Laycock ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.035 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

2025: Evan Van Amsterdam
Evan Van Amsterdam, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Parker Konschuh, Darren Moulding
Edmonton, AB
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB

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