McEwen6-5 at 2019 Tim Hortons Brier

West St. Paul, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	6.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Mike McEwen (West St. Paul, MB) finished 6-5 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) 7-6, then won 8-3 against Martin Crete (Levis, QC). McEwen went on to lose 9-8 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). McEwen lost 7-6 to Jon Solberg (Whitehorse, YK) where McEwen responded with a 12-4 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). McEwen went on to lose 9-5 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON). McEwen responded with a 7-6 win over John Likely (Charlottetown, PEI). McEwen went on to lose 6-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). McEwen lost 6-5 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) where McEwen responded with a 9-7 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). McEwen won 8-4 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 22.508 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.735 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 255.036 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

Bottcher Out!

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong, Hardline Curling) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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