CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2011 Sun Life Classic

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Sebastian
Kraupp

Second
Fredrik
Lindberg

Lead
Viktor
Kjell

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 7-2 over Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in the Final of the Sun Life Classic, held November 18 - 21, 2011 in Brantford, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 5-3 over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2011 Sun Life Classic in Brantford, Ontario; and won 5-3 over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Sun Life Classic in Brantford, Ontario;

Edin finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Greg Richardson (Ottawa, ON) 6-1, then went on to lose 6-1 against Michel. Edin responded with a 8-1 win over David Hamblin (Morris, MB). Edin went on to lose 6-3 against Howard. Edin responded with a 8-6 win over Braeden Moskowy (Regina, SK). Edin won 5-3 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB), then won 6-5 against Switzerland's Peter De Cruz in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Sun Life Classic Championship title, Edin earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 235.057 total points. Edin ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 97.417 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

2005: Kirk Ziola
Kirk Ziola, Darcy Tomchick, Jake Higgs, Kevin Ackerman
Ilderton, ON
2006: Dwayne Fowler
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Montreal, QC
2007: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater,
2008: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater, ON
2009: 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
2011: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, Viktor Kjell
Karlstad, SWE

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

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)