McEwen Reaches 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown Semifinals

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
Colton
Flasch

Second
Kevin
Marsh

Lead
Daniel
Marsh

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.71
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.72
Steal Efficiency:	0.05

Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) run at the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; McEwen advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

McEwen finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Jongduk Park (GANGWONG, KOR) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-2 against Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC). McEwen responded with a 7-5 win over Riku Yanagisawa (Saporro, JPN). McEwen won 10-6 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

McEwen earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown. McEwen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 6.375 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 192.816 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 141.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	58	27	0	0.682	10-2	9-7	3-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	641	520	370	8.11	5.77	2.34	4.82	4.07	1.68	1.42	1.11

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	320	381	83	42	9-0	30-1	80-14	1.19	0.26	0.43	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	321	139	287	29	2-1	4-12	26-66	0.43	0.89	0.59	0.31

2023: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneve, SUI
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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