Simmons4-2 at Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Pat
Simmons

Third
Colton
Lott

Second
Kyle
Doering

Lead
Tanner
Lott

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.53
PA/G:	6.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) finished 4-2 in the 14 team Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials qualifying round, held October 26 - 31 in , . In their opening game, Simmons lost 7-4 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON) where Simmons responded with a 8-7 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Simmons won 9-6 against Vincent Roberge (Etchemin, QC), then won 10-1 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) and 7-6 against Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Simmons earned 22.307 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with 162.463 total points. Simmons ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.186 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	5	3	0	0.625	2-2	0-0	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	73	55	47	7.53	6.44	1.10	4.93	3.84	1.53	1.68	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	36	41	7	7	1-0	2-0	10-2	1.14	0.19	0.45	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	37	14	40	2	0-0	0-5	2-7	0.38	1.08	0.48	0.32

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