Purcell Runner-Up at 2023 Nova Scotia Tankard

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Adam
McEachren

Lead
Scott
Weagle

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.76
PA/G:	5.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) lost 5-4 to Manuel in the Final of the Nova Scotia Tankard, held January 24 - 30, 2023 at the Bluenose CC in New Glasgow, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Purcell won 8-7 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2023 Nova Scotia Tankard in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Purcell finished 4-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Nicholas Deagle (Bridgewater, NS) 9-2, then won 8-3 against Peter Burgess (Truro, NS) and 5-4 against Paul Flemming (Halifax, NS). Purcell won 6-3 against Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS). Purcell went on to lose 6-3 against Manuel. Purcell lost 9-7 to Flemming in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Nova Scotia Tankard, Purcell take home 11.000 world rankings points. Purcell move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with 97.476 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Purcell ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.375 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

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