McEwen Runner-Up at 2024 Montana's Brier

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Colton
Flasch

Second
Kevin
Marsh

Lead
Daniel
Marsh

Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) lost 9-5 to Brad Gushue (St.John's, CAN) in the Final of the Montana's Brier, held March 1 - 10, 2024 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 7-3 over Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Montana's Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan;

McEwen finished 7-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Tyler Smith (Crapaud, PEI) 7-6, then won 7-6 against Gushue and 6-5 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). McEwen went on to lose 7-4 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). McEwen responded with a 11-6 win over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). McEwen won 10-2 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT), then won 9-3 against Shane Latimer (Iqaluit, NU) and 7-6 against Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Montana's Brier, McEwen take home 49.500 world rankings points. McEwen move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 30.375 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 213.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 213.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	58	27	0	0.682	10-2	9-7	3-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	641	520	370	8.11	5.77	2.34	4.82	4.07	1.68	1.42	1.11

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	320	381	83	42	9-0	30-1	80-14	1.19	0.26	0.43	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	321	139	287	29	2-1	4-12	26-66	0.43	0.89	0.59	0.31

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