Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) are currently 9-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) 6-4, then won 8-0 against Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, ON) and 5-2 against Mike McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner went on to lose 7-6 against Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner responded with a 4-3 win over Jonathon Vellinga (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 6-3 against Scott Henderson (Thunder Bay, ON), then won 9-4 against Frank Morrissette (Thunder Bay, ON) and 7-1 against Liane Fossum (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner went on to lose 8-0 against Matt Duzier (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner responded with a 5-4 win over Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 8-2 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, ON). In their next game, Hackner plays Cody Johnston (Thunder Bay, ON) on Wednesday at 6:30pm and Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, ON) at 6:30pm.
 
. For week 27 of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hackner ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.