Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) won
7-5 over
Craig Kochan (Kapuskasing, ON) in the Final of the Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel, held November 9 - 11, 2012 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Hackner won
5-4 over
Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, ON) in the semifinals of the 2012 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Art Lappalainen (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;
Hackner finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated
Manitoba's Kyle Foster 6-5, then won
9-3 against
Wisconsin's Ryan Lemke. Hackner went on to lose
5-2 against
Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner responded with a
7-2 win over
Kurtis Byrd (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won
5-4 against
Evan Jensen (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel Championship title, Hackner earned
3.750 world rankings points along with the $5,160CDN first prize cheque, moving up 12 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with
13.185 total points. Hackner ranks 75th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
7.250 points earned so far this season.
