McDonald6-5 at 2019 Tim Hortons Brier

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Scott
McDonald

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Wesley
Forget

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	7.02
PA/G:	6.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) finished 6-5 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald lost 7-6 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) where McDonald responded with a 9-2 win over Dave St. Louis (Iqaluit, NU). McDonald won 10-2 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT), then won 5-4 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS). McDonald went on to lose 9-8 against Terry Odishaw (Moncton, NB). McDonald responded with a 10-9 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). McDonald won 7-4 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON). McDonald went on to lose 6-4 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). McDonald lost 8-4 to Mike McEwen (West St. Paul, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

McDonald earned 22.508 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.696 after improving upon their best so far this season. McDonald ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 228.959 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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