Imes Runner-Up at 2019 Blazing Leaves

Columbus, Ohio

SKIP
Stephen
Imes

Third
Trevor
Gau

Second
Colby
Novar

Lead
Kevin
Dolan

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.06
PA/G:	6.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH) lost 6-2 to Robert Kwan (Bridgeport, CT) in the Final of the Blazing Leaves, held October 24 - 27, 2019 at the Nutmeg Curling Club in Bridgeport, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Imes won 6-5 over Gert Messing (Schenectady, NY) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Blazing Leaves in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States; of the 2019 Blazing Leaves in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States;

Imes finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Imes defeated Messing 7-3, then won 8-4 against Cedar Kennedy (Laurel, MD) and 6-5 against Patrick Coburn (Plainfield, NJ) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Blazing Leaves, Imes take home 7.221 world rankings points along with the $1,178CDN prize, moving up 57 spots the World Ranking Standings into 175th place overall with 16.450 total points. Imes ranks 124th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.128 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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