Simmons Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Semifinals

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Pat
Simmons

Third
Colton
Lott

Second
Kyle
Doering

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	6.22
PA/G:	3.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 3-2 loss to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Simmons advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-2 win over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK).

Simmons finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Simmons defeated Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) 7-2, then won 4-3 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) and 5-4 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Simmons earned 34.996 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 289.139 total points. Simmons ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 112.986 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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