Purcell Reaches 2023 DEKALB Superspiel Quarters

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Ryan
Abraham

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Adam
McEachren

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) qualified for the 2023 DEKALB Superspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Purcell finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) 7-0, then won 9-3 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 5-4 against Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) to drop into a B-Qualifier game where they lost 7-3 to Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they where Purcell responded with a 8-4 win over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Purcell earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the DEKALB Superspiel. Purcell move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 4.664 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 37th overall with 106.821 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Purcell ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 84.813 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

2024: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NO
2022: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Lott, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Adam Casey, Matt Wozniak, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Dylan Johnston
Dylan Johnston, Mike Badiuk, Cody Johnston, Travis Showalter
, NO
2016: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Jim Coleman, Daniel Grant, Chris Gallant
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Steen Sigurdson
Steen Sigurdson, Riley Smith, Ian McMillan, Nick Curtis
Winnipeg, MB
2012: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Tyler Forrest
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Braeden Moskowy
Braeden Moskowy, Kirk Muyres, DJ Kidby, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2011: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Vic Peters
Daley Peters, Vic Peters, Kyle Werenich, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB

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