Rajala Reaches 2010 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Semifinals

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Howard
Rajala

Third
J.P.
Lachance

Second
Jeff
Henderson

Lead
Craig
Cordiner

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.58
PA/G:	7.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) run at the 2010 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Serge Reid (Saguenay, PQ). of the 2010 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Rajala advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-2 win over Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON).

Rajala finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala defeated Shawn Adams (Bridgewater, NS) 6-5, then went on to lose 7-1 against Pierre Charette (Gatineau, PQ). Rajala responded with a 9-3 win over Shane Latimer (Ottawa, ON). Rajala won 7-2 against Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS). Rajala went on to lose 9-4 against Randy Ferbey (St. Johns, NL). Rajala responded with a 6-5 win over Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, PQ). Rajala won 6-5 against Greg Richardson (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 47.080 total points. Rajala ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.310 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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