McEwen Reaches Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic Semifinals

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Reid
Carruthers

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Colin
Hodgson

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.68
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.72
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) run at the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; McEwen advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over Sebastien Robillard (New Westminster, BC). of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

McEwen finished 4-1 in the 24 team Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic qualifying round, held October 14 - 18 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, McEwen defeated Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) 6-4, then won 7-2 against Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) and 8-4 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). McEwen went on to lose 6-3 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen responded with a 6-2 win over Matthew McCrady (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 35.063 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic. For week 12 of the event schedule, McEwen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. McEwen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	2	0	0.750	1-0	3-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	56	43	28	7.68	5.00	2.68	4.46	3.93	1.72	1.27	1.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	28	35	4	6	2-0	1-0	9-0	1.25	0.14	0.55	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	28	8	24	3	0-0	0-1	1-4	0.29	0.86	0.72	0.25

2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

2022 Continental Cup Cancelled

Due to complications surrounding the continually evolving COVID-19 global pandemic, Curling Canada has cancelled the Continental Cup, which was set to be held in January in Fredricton (Picture: Curling Canada).

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