McDonald Reaches 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West Semifinals

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jordon
McDonald

Third
Dallas
Burgess

Second
Elias
Huminicki

Lead
Cameron
Olafson

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.08
PA/G:	5.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

McDonald finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB) 6-2, then went on to lose 5-3 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). McDonald responded with a 8-7 win over Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). McDonald won 8-4 against Josh Bryden (Regina, SK), then won 5-3 against Kleiter in their final qualifying round match.

McDonald earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West. McDonald move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 6.125 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 72.188 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	16	0	0.754	8-1	3-2	5-1	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	422	374	221	8.86	5.24	3.63	5.12	3.55	1.73	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	193	241	45	22	7-1	18-2	45-4	1.25	0.23	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	229	133	176	34	3-2	14-9	16-36	0.58	0.77	0.59	0.35

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2022: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Trevor Johnson, Matthieu Taillon, Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK

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