Hackner Runner-Up at 1995 West Edmonton Mall Charity Classic

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Rick
Lang

Second
Aaron
Skillen

Lead
Art
Lappalainen

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) lost 7-5 to Ed Werenich (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the West Edmonton Mall Charity Classic, held November 2 - 5, 1995 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Hackner won 7-5 over Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

Hackner finished 3-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Arnold Asham (Stony Mountain, MB) 8-3, then won 8-5 against Russ Howard (Penatanguishene, ON) and 9-5 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the West Edmonton Mall Charity Classic, Hackner take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize. For week of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hackner ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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