CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Tyler
Tardi

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.90
PA/G:	5.97
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 5-4 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the Final of the Princess Auto Players' Championship, held April 11 - 16, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 7-6 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 5-3 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;

Koe finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) 6-5, then went on to lose 7-3 against Gushue. Koe responded with a 9-5 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Koe won 8-2 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN), then won 6-5 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Princess Auto Players' Championship Championship title, Koe earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $40,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 54 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 306.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	50	22	0	0.694	19-4	11-4	9-2	2-0	2-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	559	442	348	7.91	6.23	1.68	4.60	4.01	1.72	1.55	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	274	353	49	39	9-0	26-1	76-9	1.29	0.18	0.47	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	285	89	299	39	2-1	3-22	17-66	0.31	1.05	0.52	0.21

2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden , Tom Coulterman
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2014: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Marc Kennedy, David Nedohin, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2012: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard, David Mathers
Toronto, ON
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert , Jules Owchar
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: John Morris
John Morris, Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Jim Spencer
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
2000: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
1999: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
1998: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
1997: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Penatanguishene, ON
1995: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
1995: Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Kronau, SK
1994: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Kevin Park, James Pahl, Don Bartlett, Ken Tralnberg
Edmonton, AB
1993: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner
Penetanguishene, ON

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