McEwen Runner-Up at 2025 Astec Safety Challenge

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Colton
Flasch

Second
Kevin
Marsh

Lead
Daniel
Marsh

Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) lost 7-2 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Astec Safety Challenge, held January 8 - 11, 2025 at the Lloydminster Curling Club in Lloydminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 6-4 over Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2025 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada; and won 3-2 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;

McEwen finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK) 10-1, then won 7-4 against Brent Pierce (New Westminister, BC). McEwen went on to lose 6-1 against Mouat. McEwen responded with a 11-9 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Astec Safety Challenge, McEwen take home 38.500 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN prize. McEwen move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 19 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 321.219 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 262.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	56	27	0	0.675	13-3	4-2	3-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	606	486	370	8.02	6.11	1.91	4.54	4.04	1.77	1.51	1.42

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	325	383	75	61	13-1	24-5	85-8	1.18	0.23	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	281	103	295	25	1-5	7-9	20-70	0.37	1.05	0.56	0.23

2025: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2007: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Ryan Fry, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Jon Mead, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson, Rob Bucholz, Glen Kennedy, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2004: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan, Jim Cotter, Kevin MacKenzie, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2003: John Morris
John Morris, Shane Park, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2002: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
Strongfield, SK
2001: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller
, SUI
2000: Rob Ewen
Andreas Schwaller
, SK
1999: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Bob Ursel, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
, BC
1998: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK
1997: Doug Walker
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Beaumont, AB
1995: Lowell Peterman
Lowell Peterman, Trevor Sparks, Kelly Row, Peter Innes
Red Deer, AB
1994: Ed Lukowich
Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk
Calgary, AB

Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) will be the number two seed in the men's playoff round at the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe beginning Saturday.

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