Mikkelsen Reaches 2024 Performance Kia Charity Open Quarters

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Ben
Mikkelsen

Third
Greg
Doran

Second
Mark
Blanchard

Lead
Devin
Doran

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.14
PA/G:	6.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.13
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NO) qualified for the 2024 Performance Kia Charity Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2024 Performance Kia Charity Open in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;

Mikkelsen finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mikkelsen lost 5-3 to Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NO), then responded with a 6-5 win over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen won 10-3 against Ben Grant (Thunder Bay , NO), then won 4-3 against Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NO) in their final qualifying round match.

Mikkelsen earned 1.125 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Performance Kia Charity Open, moving up 269 spots the World Ranking Standings into 414th place overall with 1.125 total points. Mikkelsen ranks 350th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	11	0	0.500	3-0	3-8	0-4	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	161	111	101	6.89	6.27	0.62	4.29	3.91	1.61	1.60	1.80

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	65	66	23	7	2-0	6-0	9-4	1.02	0.35	0.29	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	96	45	78	22	1-2	3-5	6-16	0.47	0.81	0.48	0.31

2024: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson , William Lyburn
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Al Hackner
Al Hackner, Kory Carr, Kristofer Leupen, Gary Champagne
Thunder Bay, NO
2011: Colin Koivula
Colin Koivula, Eric Theriault, Justin Whitehurst, Jordan Potts
Thunder Bay, NO
2010: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, John Shuster, Greg Johnson, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2005: John Salo
John Salo
,

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