Koe Reaches Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 Semifinals

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
John
Morris

Second
Colton
Flasch

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.27
PA/G:	5.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) run at the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; Koe advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-1 win over John Shuster (Duluth, USA). of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

Koe finished 3-1 in the 15 team Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 qualifying round, held November 5 - 10 in , . In their opening game, Koe defeated Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) 7-4, then won 7-2 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) and 6-4 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Koe went on to lose 6-3 against Shuster in their final qualifying round match.

Koe earned 45.948 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with 491.334 total points. Koe ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 132.700 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	2	0	0.667	4-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	44	32	23	7.27	5.23	2.05	5.00	3.86	1.45	1.35	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	21	24	5	1	0-0	1-0	6-1	1.14	0.24	0.35	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	23	8	18	4	0-0	0-0	2-5	0.35	0.78	0.62	0.26

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2018: Brad Jacobs
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2016: Niklas Edin
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2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
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