Mike McEwen (curler)
Encyclopedia
Michael "Mike" McEwen (born July 30, 1980 in Brandon, Manitoba
) is a Canadian
curler
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who grew up in Brandon, Manitoba
. The McEwen team curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
in Winnipeg.
. In 2001, he lost in the final to Newfoundland's Brad Gushue
.
In 2003, he was the skip of the gold medal winning team at the 2003 Winter Universiade
, representing Brandon University
.
At the conclusion of the 2008-09 season the McEwen team was ranked 7th on the CCA rankings
. Mike has consistently placed in the top 4 in the Safeway Select Provincial Championships
and is an up and coming team on the curling circuit.
The Neufeld brothers have curling in their blood, as Denny and B.J. are the sons of Chris Neufeld
. Chris Neufeld was the lifelong second on the Vic Peters
team which won 3 provincial championships and one Labatt Brier.
During the 'Road to the Roar' Olympic Qualifier
, the McEwen team just lost out to fellow Manitoba
ns the Jason Gunnlaugson
team in the semi-finals. McEwen thus missed out on the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
final despite being the favourite in that particular matchup vs Gunnlaugson.
McEwen's rink made it to his first provincial final in 2010, when he lost to Jeff Stoughton
in the 2010 Manitoba provincial
final. The game was being played in Steinbach, Manitoba
and as the Neufeld brothers and their father, have roots in Steinbach were treated very much as the home team and crowd favourites.
season as of November 2010, the McEwen team was named as a nominee for the provincial team of the year by the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
The team continued their strong season that year by defeating provincial rival Stoughton in the semi-final of the 2011 Canadian Open
. McEwen would then go on to beat the Glenn Howard
team in the extra end of the final, thus winning their second career Grand Slam and their second of that season.
McEwen's rink once again made it to the Manitoba provincial this time, being the top seed (also ranked 1st in Canada). However, once again lost to Stoughton in the final of the 2011 Safeway Championship
, losing by one point in the final end.
who plays lead for Jennifer Jones
.
Key
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
) is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
curler
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who grew up in Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
. The McEwen team curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
The Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club is located in the northwestern area of Winnipeg, in the community of St. James. The curling club was started up in 1929 and was nicknamed the 'root cellar', it had only 2 sheets of ice at the time. The AMCC moved to their current site, at Vimy and Hamilton, in...
in Winnipeg.
Career
In 1998, McEwen skipped Manitoba to a third place finish at the Canadian Junior Curling ChampionshipsCanadian Junior Curling Championships
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 20 as of December 31 in the year prior to the tournament....
. In 2001, he lost in the final to Newfoundland's Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...
.
In 2003, he was the skip of the gold medal winning team at the 2003 Winter Universiade
2003 Winter Universiade
The 2003 Winter Universiade, the XXI Winter Universiade, took place in Tarvisio, Italy.-Medals table:...
, representing Brandon University
Brandon University
Brandon University is a Canadian university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, with an enrolment of 3383 full-time and part-time students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution. It was chartered as a university by then President Dr....
.
At the conclusion of the 2008-09 season the McEwen team was ranked 7th on the CCA rankings
CCA rankings
Canadian Curling Association rankings, also known as the Canadian Team Ranking System , are a point system used to rank men's and women's curling teams across Canada...
. Mike has consistently placed in the top 4 in the Safeway Select Provincial Championships
Safeway Championship
The Safeway Championship is the Manitoba provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier. Previously, it was known as the Safeway Select ; the Labatt Tankard and the British Consols . Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each...
and is an up and coming team on the curling circuit.
The Neufeld brothers have curling in their blood, as Denny and B.J. are the sons of Chris Neufeld
Chris Neufeld
Chris Neufeld is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg. He currently plays second for Vic Peters in the senior division....
. Chris Neufeld was the lifelong second on the Vic Peters
Vic Peters
Vic Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba and originally from Steinbach, Manitoba. He is a three time Manitoba curling champion, and one time national champion having won the 1992 Labatt Brier...
team which won 3 provincial championships and one Labatt Brier.
During the 'Road to the Roar' Olympic Qualifier
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, also known since 2005 as the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, occur every four years, in the year preceding the Winter Olympic games. They are held to determine the men's and women's representative at the following Olympics. The system of qualification for the...
, the McEwen team just lost out to fellow Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
ns the Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason "the Gunner" Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler.Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics...
team in the semi-finals. McEwen thus missed out on the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 6-13, 2009 at Rexall Place in Edmonton. The event is also known and advertised as Roar of the Rings. The winner of the men's and women's events will represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics...
final despite being the favourite in that particular matchup vs Gunnlaugson.
McEwen's rink made it to his first provincial final in 2010, when he lost to Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton is a Canadian curler. Stoughton is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip.-Career:...
in the 2010 Manitoba provincial
2010 Safeway Championship
The 2010 Safeway Championship is being held February 10–14, 2010 at the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba...
final. The game was being played in Steinbach, Manitoba
Steinbach, Manitoba
Steinbach is a city of approx. 13,500 people in the southeast corner of the province of Manitoba, Canada, a short distance from the capital Winnipeg. Steinbach is the largest community in the Eastman region of Manitoba. The city is located in the R.M. of Hanover and bordered to the east by the R.M...
and as the Neufeld brothers and their father, have roots in Steinbach were treated very much as the home team and crowd favourites.
Grand Slam Success and 2010-11 season
McEwen started the 2010-11 season off well by defeating provincial rival Jeff Stoughton to win the World Cup of Curling and his first ever Grand Slam title in November, 2010. In part of the teams runner-up result in the provincial finals of 2010 and in part because of his 4 victories and leading the overall money winnings in the World Curling TourWorld Curling Tour
The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....
season as of November 2010, the McEwen team was named as a nominee for the provincial team of the year by the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
The team continued their strong season that year by defeating provincial rival Stoughton in the semi-final of the 2011 Canadian Open
2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling
The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling was held from January 26–30 at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. This event was the third men's Grand Slam event in the 2010-11 curling season. The purse for this event was CAD$100,000...
. McEwen would then go on to beat the Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...
team in the extra end of the final, thus winning their second career Grand Slam and their second of that season.
McEwen's rink once again made it to the Manitoba provincial this time, being the top seed (also ranked 1st in Canada). However, once again lost to Stoughton in the final of the 2011 Safeway Championship
2011 Safeway Championship
The 2011 Safeway Championship was held February 9–13, 2011 at the SunGro Centre in Beausejour. The winning team of Jeff Stoughton will represent Manitoba at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario....
, losing by one point in the final end.
Personal
McEwen's girlfriend is Dawn AskinDawn Askin
Dawn Askin is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays lead for Jennifer Jones....
who plays lead for Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (curler)
Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...
.
Grand Slam record
| Event | 2005–06 2005-06 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:*Non-Canadians who win events are not counted in the rankings.**Non eligible team-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:**... |
2006–07 2006-07 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:-WCT Money Ranking:... |
2007–08 2007-08 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*... |
2008–09 2008-09 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:... |
2009–10 2009-10 curling season The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:... |
2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | Q | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP | C 2010 World Cup of Curling -Draw 2:Thursday, November 4, 10:00 am-Draw 3:Thursday, November 4, 1:30 pm-Draw 4:Thursday, November 4, 5:00 pm-Draw 5:Thursday, November 4, 8:30pm-Draw 6:Friday, November 5, 10:00 am-Draw 7:... |
| The National The National (curling) The Swiss Chalet National is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of four men's Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Champions:* Called the BDO Curling Classic**Maxime Elmaleh curled for the team in the final... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | QF | QF 2010 The National (December) -Draw 2:Thursday, December 16, 10:00 am-Draw 3:Thursday, December 16, 1:30 pm-Draw 4:Thursday, December 16, 5:00 pm-Draw 5:Thursday, December 16, 8:30 pm-Draw 6:Friday, December 17, 10:00 am-Draw 7:... |
| Canadian Open BDO Canadian Open of Curling The BDO Canadian Open of Curling is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of the Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Event names:*Telus Canadian Open: 2001*M&M Meat Shops Canadian Open: 2002*Canadian Open: 2003, 2005... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | SF | QF | C 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling was held from January 26–30 at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. This event was the third men's Grand Slam event in the 2010-11 curling season. The purse for this event was CAD$100,000... |
| Players' Players' Championships The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament... |
DNP | DNP | Q | SF | Q | QF 2011 Players' Championship The 2011 GP Car and Home Players' Championship was a Grand Slam curling bonspiel held at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta from April 12-17. It features a men's and women's draw, where the top sixteen teams from the Order of Merit rankings for the 2010-11 curling season are invited to... |
Key
- C – Champion
- F – Lost final
- SF – Lost semi final
- QF – Lost quarter final
- Q – Did not make playoffs
- DNP – Did not participate in event