CHAMPION: Johnson Wins 2012 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic

Seattle, Washington

SKIP
Mark
Johnson

Third
Jason
Larway

Second
Joel
Larway

Lead
Christopher
Rimple

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.10
PA/G:	3.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.89
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Mark Johnson (Seattle, WA) won 4-3 over Jamie King (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic, held November 16 - 19, 2012 in Wainwright, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Johnson won 7-2 over Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2012 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic in Wainwright, Alberta; and won 5-2 over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Johnson finished 3-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Johnson defeated Murray Westman (Wainwright, AB) 4-1, then won 9-1 against Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) and 5-4 against Thomas Scoffin (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic Championship title, Johnson earned 12.750 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 261 spots the World Ranking Standings into 100th place overall with 12.938 total points. Johnson ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.750 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: Mark Johnson
Seattle, WA
2011: Brent Pierce
New Westminster, BC
2010: Robert Schlender
Edmonton, AB
2008: Shane Park
St. Albert, AB
2007: Adrian Bakker
Calgary, AB
2006: Kevin Koe
Edmonton, AB
2005: Mark Johnson
Edmonton, AB
2004: Mark Johnson
, AB
2003: Warren Hassall
Lloydminster, AB
2002: Kevin Park
Edmonton, AB
2000: Gary Scheirich
, SK
1999: Kevin Martin
Edmonton, AB
1998: Jeff Stoughton
, MB

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