Liu3-3 at 2011 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
Jia Liang
Zang

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Daniel Selke (Regina, SK) 7-1, then went on to lose 7-5 against Randy Woytowich (Saskatoon, SK). Liu responded with a 6-0 win over Mitch Criton (Regina, SK). Liu went on to lose 7-3 against Al Schick (Regina, SK). Liu responded with a 7-3 win over Selke. Liu went on to lose 6-2 against Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 0.525 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 32.391 total points. Liu ranks 62nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.525 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

2012: De Jia Zou
De Jia Zou, Luan Chen, Yangsong Ji, Guang Xu Li
Harbin, CHN
2011: Scott Bitz
Scott Bitz, Mark Lang, Aryn Schmidt, Dean Hicke
Regina, SK
2010: Randy Bryden
Randy Bryden, Troy Robinson, Trent Knapp, Kelly Knapp
Regina, SK

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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