[[2:10.7250]] Kakela6-1 at USA Men's Challenge Round

USA Men's Challenge Round

Curling Scores

W: Karuizawa International
Karuizawa, JPN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: SF -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 8:00pm ET
Hasselborg 8  Final
Tabata 1  (5)
Kitazawa 4  5th
Gray-Withers 1 
M: Karuizawa International
Karuizawa, JPN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: SF -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 8:00pm ET
Ramsfjell 2  5th
Yamaguchi 2 
Abe 2  5th
Jeong 2 
W: Paralympic Winter Games - Fours
Cortina, ITA
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Fri, Mar 13 -- 6:35pm CET
CHN (Wang) 3  Final
CAN (Ideson) 4  (8) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
KOR (Yang) 4  Final
SWE (Petersson-Dahl) 7  (8) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
: Saskatchewan Mixed Curling Provincials
Martensville, SK
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: PGs -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 7:00pm MT
Springer 2  5th
Criton 1   WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
Meachem 3  5th
Hartung 3   WATCH on Youtube: Curling Stadium Martensville
W: MR SUB Ontario Senior Men & Women Championships
Oakville, ON
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 2:30pm ET
McCutcheon 5  Final
Harvey 8  (8)
Middaugh 9  Final
Hastings 2  (5) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
Rizzo 5  Final
Froud 6  (EE)
Balchem 6  Final
Farrell 7  (8)
W: Paralympic Winter Games - Doubles
Cortina, ITA
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Wed, Mar 11 -- 2:35pm CET
China (Wan/Yan) 9  Final
Korea (Bae/Lee) 7  (EE)
Latvia (Roz/Las) 11  Final
United States (Dwy/Emt) 10  (EE)
M: Montana's Brier
St. Johns, NL
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 7:30pm NT
AB (Koe) 3  Final
MB (Dunstone) 6  (9)
M: Tournoi du 150e
Trois-Rivieres, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 12:30pm ET
Martel 2  Final
Tremblay 8  (5)
M: Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship
Aberdeen, SCO
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 3:00pm GMT
McMi/Bryc 9  Final
Davi/Watt 6  (8)
M: Japan Mixed Doubles Championship
Aomori, JPN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 4:00am GMT
Mats/Tani 7  Final
Koan/Aoki 11  (8)
M: Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship
Geneva, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF3 -- Sat, Mar 7 -- 7:00pm CET
Jaeg/Kell 5  Final
Bers/Hoes 6  (8) WATCH on Youtube: SWISSCURLING_ASSOCIATION
M: Finnish Curling Championships
, FIN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 16 -- Sun, Jan 18 -- 6:00pm EET
Lehtinen 2  Final
Jarvinen 7  (7)
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Kakela6-1 at USA Men's Challenge Round

Jan 2 - 5, 2020

Rolla, North Dakota
Player Photo
Fourth
Kyle
Kakela
   Player Photo
SKIP
Kevin
Kakela
   Player Photo
Second
Timothy
Hodek
   Player Photo
Lead
John Paul
Munich
  
Games: 7  
Record: 6W - 1L  
PF/G: 8.62  
PA/G: 5.85  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.38  
Steal Defense: 0.24  
Force Efficiency: 0.58  
Steal Efficiency: 0.31  

 
Kevin Kakela (Rolla, ND) finished 6-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kakela defeated Steven Birklid (Mountlake Terrace, WA) 8-6, then went on to lose 7-3 against Dominik Maerki (Fayetteville, AR). Kakela responded with a 8-3 win over Mike Siggins (Mesa, AZ). Kakela won 10-5 against Erik Jensen (Oakland, CA), then won 8-5 against Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, WA) and 9-8 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Kakela won 10-4 against Maerki in their final qualifying round match.
 
With their runner-up finish at the USA Men's Challenge Round, Kakela take home 10.725 world rankings points, moving up 203 spots the World Ranking Standings into 201st place overall with 12.431 total points. Kakela ranks 190th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.725 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 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 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  2 vs. Birklid (WA) - WTR:211 W 8-6
  4 vs. Maerki (AR) - WTR:74 L 3-7
  5 vs. Siggins (AZ) - WTR:404 W 8-3
  6 vs. Jensen (CA) - WTR:426 W 10-5
  8 vs. Violette (WA) - WTR:75 W 8-5
  9 vs. Connolly (WA) - WTR:357 W 9-8
  10 vs. Maerki (AR) - WTR:74 W 10-4

Curling Scores

W: Karuizawa International
Karuizawa, JPN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: SF -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 8:00pm ET
Hasselborg 8  Final
Tabata 1  (5)
Kitazawa 4  5th
Gray-Withers 1 
M: Karuizawa International
Karuizawa, JPN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: SF -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 8:00pm ET
Ramsfjell 2  5th
Yamaguchi 2 
Abe 2  5th
Jeong 2 
: Saskatchewan Mixed Curling Provincials
Martensville, SK
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: PGs -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 7:00pm MT
Springer 2  5th
Criton 1   WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
Meachem 3  5th
Hartung 3   WATCH on Youtube: Curling Stadium Martensville
W: MR SUB Ontario Senior Men & Women Championships
Oakville, ON
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Sat, Mar 14 -- 2:30pm ET
McCutcheon 5  Final
Harvey 8  (8)
Middaugh 9  Final
Hastings 2  (5) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
Rizzo 5  Final
Froud 6  (EE)
Balchem 6  Final
Farrell 7  (8)
M: Montana's Brier
St. Johns, NL
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 7:30pm NT
AB (Koe) 3  Final
MB (Dunstone) 6  (9)
M: Tournoi du 150e
Trois-Rivieres, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 12:30pm ET
Martel 2  Final
Tremblay 8  (5)
M: Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship
Aberdeen, SCO
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 3:00pm GMT
McMi/Bryc 9  Final
Davi/Watt 6  (8)
M: Japan Mixed Doubles Championship
Aomori, JPN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Mar 8 -- 4:00am GMT
Mats/Tani 7  Final
Koan/Aoki 11  (8)
M: Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship
Geneva, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF3 -- Sat, Mar 7 -- 7:00pm CET
Jaeg/Kell 5  Final
Bers/Hoes 6  (8) WATCH on Youtube: SWISSCURLING_ASSOCIATION
M: Finnish Curling Championships
, FIN
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 16 -- Sun, Jan 18 -- 6:00pm EET
Lehtinen 2  Final
Jarvinen 7  (7)
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