CHAMPION: McEwen Wins 2024 ATB Okotoks Classic

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Colton
Flasch

Second
Kevin
Marsh

Lead
Daniel
Marsh

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	7.86
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) won 5-2 over John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the ATB Okotoks Classic, held September 19 - 22, 2024 at the Okotoks Curling Club in Okotoks, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 4-2 over Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2024 ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

McEwen finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO) 6-2, then won 7-3 against Maeda and 5-4 against Brunner in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ATB Okotoks Classic Championship title, McEwen earned 41.250 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, McEwen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. McEwen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2025: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2024: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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