CHAMPION: Purcell Wins 2023 Summer Series

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Ryan
Abraham

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Adam
McEachren

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.58
PA/G:	7.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) won 8-5 over Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Summer Series, held August 24 - 27, 2023 in St-Felicien, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Purcell won 6-4 over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec; and won 6-5 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

Purcell finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Jayden King (Guelph, ON) 9-6, then won 6-3 against Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON) and 10-5 against P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN). Purcell went on to lose 7-1 against Mooibroek in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Summer Series Championship title, Purcell earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $5,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 48th place overall with 77.438 total points. Purcell ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	39	27	0	0.591	8-2	7-3	4-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	479	405	339	8.46	7.08	1.38	4.93	4.18	1.72	1.70	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	230	284	66	26	10-0	20-2	58-12	1.23	0.29	0.43	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	249	121	273	17	1-5	7-22	22-63	0.49	1.10	0.40	0.33

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