McEwen Reaches 2021 ATB Banff Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2021 ATB Banff Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-0 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON).

McEwen finished 4-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen lost 5-2 to Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK), then responded with a 7-6 win over Parker Konschuh (Calgary, AB). McEwen went on to lose 7-4 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen responded with a 6-1 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). McEwen won 5-4 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB), then won 10-6 against Kleiter in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 24.733 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ATB Banff Classic. McEwen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 8.514 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 267.097 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 108.239 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	44	29	0	0.603	9-6	10-6	3-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	576	413	353	7.17	6.13	1.04	4.39	3.87	1.63	1.58	1.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	298	317	62	67	10-0	19-2	63-10	1.06	0.21	0.40	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	278	96	291	33	1-5	2-21	19-59	0.35	1.05	0.51	0.25

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