CHAMPION: Purcell Wins 2022 New Scotland Brewing Mens Cash Spiel

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Adam
McEachren

Lead
Scott
Weagle

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.67
PA/G:	4.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) won 7-0 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the New Scotland Brewing Mens Cash Spiel, held October 14 - 16, 2022 at the CFB Halifax CC in Halifax, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Purcell won 8-1 over Nick Mosher (Halifax, NS) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 New Scotland Brewing Mens Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Purcell finished 3-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) 6-4, then won 6-4 against Nicholas Deagle (Bridgewater, NS) and 8-3 against Mosher in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Scotland Brewing Mens Cash Spiel Championship title, Purcell earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with 75.878 total points. Purcell ranks 34th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	31	17	0	0.646	5-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	359	295	213	8.22	5.93	2.28	4.79	3.90	1.72	1.52	1.31

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	171	213	41	27	5-1	16-0	47-11	1.25	0.24	0.47	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	188	82	172	20	2-4	4-6	12-34	0.44	0.91	0.61	0.29

2023: James Grattan
James Grattan, Joel Krats, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann
Oromocto , NB
2022: Owen Purcell
Owen Purcell, Joel Krats, Adam McEachren, Scott Weagle
Halifax, NS
2019: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Peter Burgess, Graham Breckon, Kelly Mittelstadt
Truro, NS
2018: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Chris MacRae, Michael Brophy
HALIFAX, NS
2017: Robert Mayhew
Robert Mayhew, Chris MacRae, Neil Gallant, Nick Burdock
Halifax, NS
2016: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Cameron MacKenzie, Ian Juurlink, Kelly Mittelstadt
Halifax, NS

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