Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) lost
3-0 to
Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the Brantford Nissan Mens Classic, held December 1 - 3, 2017 at the Brant Curling Club in Brantford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kean won
5-4 over
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) in the semifinals of the 2017 Brantford Nissan Mens Classic in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; and won
9-6 over
Codey Maus (London, ON) in the quarterfinals.
Kean finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean lost
5-2 to
John Willsey (Ottawa, ON), droppimg another game,
5-4 to
Greg Park (Oshawa, ON) where Kean responded with a
8-7 win over
Connor Duhaime (Barrie, ON). Kean won
8-2 against
Ryan Sayer (New Liskeard, ON), then won
6-3 against
Cory Heggestad (Stroud, ON) and
7-1 against
Brandon Tippin (Owen Sound, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Brantford Nissan Mens Classic, Kean take home
19.442 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with
133.368 total points. Kean ranks 25th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
91.943 points earned so far this season.
