CHAMPION: McCormick Wins 2016 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic

Blaine, United States

SKIP
Heath
McCormick

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Korey
Dropkin

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	7.68
PA/G:	5.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) won 6-4 over Jake Higgs (Ottawa, ON) in the Final To advance to the championship game, McCormick won 8-4 over Brent Ross (Harriston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic in Sarnia, Ontario; and won 6-4 over Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON) in the quarterfinals.

McCormick finished 4-2 in the 20 team Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic qualifying round, held October 27 - 30, 2016 in , . In their opening game, McCormick lost 5-3 to Richard Krell (Waterloo, ON), then responded with a 5-0 win over Jon St. Denis (Stouffville, ON). McCormick won 5-4 against Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON), then won 8-6 against Hugh Murphy (Mississauga, ON). McCormick went on to lose 4-3 against Todd Birr (Blaine, USA). McCormick responded with a 9-6 win over Krell in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic Championship title, McCormick earned 32.766 world rankings points along with the $4,700CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 147.227 total points. McCormick ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 104.533 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	7	2	0	0.778	0-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	69	53	37	7.68	5.36	2.32	4.49	3.48	1.71	1.54	2.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	41	42	7	12	1-0	4-0	7-2	1.02	0.17	0.41	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	28	11	30	2	0-2	0-1	4-2	0.39	1.07	0.74	0.25

2012: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
, ON
2013: Jake Higgs
Brent Ross, Jake Higgs, Codey Maus, Bill Buchanan
Glencoe, ON
2014: Aaron Squires
Aaron Squires, Matt Mapletoft, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2017: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Scott Howard
Toronto, ON
2018: John Willsey
John Willsey, Connor Lawes, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly
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