Friesz Reaches 2023 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Quarters

SKIP
Rhett
Friesz

Third
Derek
McKenzie

Second
Brent
Flaman

Lead
Chadd
McKenzie

Rhett Friesz (Airdrie, AB) qualified for the 2023 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-1 against Cole Adams (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada;

Friesz finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Friesz defeated Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 7-6, then won 6-4 against Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN). Friesz went on to lose 7-3 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Friesz responded with a 7-6 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

Friesz earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, moving up 279 spots the World Ranking Standings into 228th place overall with 6.229 total points. Friesz ranks 111th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.000 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

2024: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Ryan Parent, Jordan Tardi, Ethan Drysdale, Tyler Powell, Kevin Parent
Edmonton, AB
2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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