McEwen Reaches 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

McEwen finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen lost 7-4 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 6-4 win over John Shuster (Duluth, USA). McEwen won 7-6 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). McEwen went on to lose 8-5 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 32.434 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 27.894 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 131.298 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

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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

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