Martin Runner-Up at 2012 Canad Inns Prairie Classic

SKIP
Kevin
Martin

Third
John
Morris

Second
Marc
Kennedy

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) lost 9-4 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, held October 19 - 22, 2012 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Martin won 4-2 over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the semifinals of the 2012 Canad Inns Prairie Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 8-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals.

Martin finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated Dave Elias (Winnipeg, MB) 7-2, then won 7-1 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Martin went on to lose 7-4 against Jeff Stoughton (winnipeg, MB). Martin responded with a 6-2 win over David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB). Martin won 5-4 against Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Martin went on to lose 7-1 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Martin responded with a 8-2 win over Heath McCormick (New York, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, Martin take home 25.000 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with 276.970 total points. Martin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson, Craig Savill
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Glenn Howard
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Coldwater, ON
2007: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Brad Heidt
Brad Heidt, Joel Jordison, Brent Gedak, Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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