Mikkelsen

Thunder Bay, Ontario

SKIP
Ben
Mikkelsen

Third
Greg
Doran

Second
Mark
Blanchard

Lead
Devin
Doran

Games:	20
Record:	9W - 11L
PF/G:	7.70
PA/G:	6.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Mikkelsen finished 6-11 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mikkelsen lost 7-4 to Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen lost 6-4 to Ashley Palmer (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen lost 6-3 to Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen lost 8-4 to Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, ON) where Mikkelsen responded with a 8-4 win over Myles Stevens (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen went on to lose 5-3 against Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen lost 7-3 to Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, ON) where Mikkelsen responded with a 6-5 win over Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen went on to lose 6-5 against Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen lost 7-6 to Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO) where Mikkelsen responded with a 5-3 win over Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen went on to lose 5-4 against Claire Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen responded with a 10-3 win over Rob Skinner (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen won 9-4 against Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, ON), then won 7-0 against Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, ON). Mikkelsen went on to lose 6-3 against Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the TBayTel Major League of Curling playoffs earned Mikkelsen 0.563 world rankings points. For week 27 of the event schedule, Mikkelsen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Mikkelsen 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
2025	11	14	0	0.440	1-6	4-7	1-6	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	187	142	131	7.59	7.01	0.59	4.49	4.60	1.69	1.52	0.91

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	92	99	36	8	3-0	7-1	19-5	1.08	0.39	0.35	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	95	43	95	9	0-1	4-9	6-17	0.45	1.00	0.53	0.31

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