Koe Runner-Up at 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Flasch

Lead
Ben
Hebert

After advancing directly to the championship game, Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost 7-4 to John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held November 27 - December 1, 2019 in Leduc, Alberta.

Koe finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Epping 8-7, then won 11-7 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Koe went on to lose 9-6 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Koe responded with a 5-3 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Koe won 8-3 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK), then won 10-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, Koe take home 64.269 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN prize. Koe move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.035 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 467.386 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Koe ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 211.219 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

2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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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