Liu Reaches 2012 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
Jia Liang
Zang

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2012 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-1 loss to Dejia Zou (Harbin, CHN). of the 2012 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) qualified for the 2012 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic playoffs, set to play their quarterfinals match against William Coutts (Regina, SK). of the 2012 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Liu finished 4-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Matt Willerton (Edmonton, AB) 5-4, then went on to lose 8-5 against Scott Bitz (Regina, SK). Liu responded with a 4-3 win over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK). Liu won 7-2 against Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK), then won 5-1 against Coutts in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 3.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with 58.985 total points. Liu ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.920 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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