Michel Runner-Up at 2011 Sun Life Classic

SKIP
Sven
Michel

Third
Claudio
Paetz

Second
Sandro
Trolliet

Lead
Simon
Gempeler

Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) lost 7-2 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Sun Life Classic, held November 18 - 21, 2011 in Brantford, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Michel won 6-5 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Sun Life Classic in Brantford, Ontario; and won 8-2 over Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Michel finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Michel defeated Dale Matchett (Bradford, ON) 9-4, then won 6-1 against Edin and 8-2 against Heath McCormick (New York, NY). Michel won 8-2 against Switzerland's Peter De Cruz in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Sun Life Classic, Michel take home 25.000 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN prize, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 80.808 total points. Michel ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.635 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