Einarson Runner-Up at 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Harris

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.01
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

After advancing directly to the championship game, Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) lost 8-5 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held December 5 - 9, 2018 in Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Einarson finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson lost 6-5 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 7-6 win over Alli Flaxey (Winnipeg, MB). Einarson won 6-3 against Jones, then won 8-7 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-5 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Einarson won 8-5 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-3 against Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, Einarson take home 63.901 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 55.046 after improving upon their best so far this season. Einarson ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 346.702 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

2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen, Jill Officer
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2010: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK

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