Rajala Reaches 2024 Performance Kia Charity Open Semifinals

Sudbury , Northern Ontario

SKIP
Brendan
Rajala

Third
Jackson
Dubinsky

Second
Jesse
Crozier

Lead
Adam
Wiersema

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	5.74
PA/G:	5.56
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.82
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Brendan Rajala (Sudbury , NO) run at the 2024 Performance Kia Charity Open came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NO). of the 2024 Performance Kia Charity Open in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Rajala advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NO).

Rajala finished 2-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 4-3 to Johnston, then responded with a 5-3 win over Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NO). Rajala went on to lose 6-2 against McCarville. Rajala responded with a 6-5 win over Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Performance Kia Charity Open, moving up 94 spots the World Ranking Standings into 268th place overall with 3.831 total points. Rajala ranks 299th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	6	0	0.400	0-0	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	81	44	55	5.43	6.79	-1.36	3.83	4.81	1.42	1.41	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	43	38	15	6	0-0	2-0	9-3	0.88	0.35	0.30	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	38	6	40	5	0-0	0-4	0-5	0.16	1.05	0.67	0.16

2024: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson , William Lyburn
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Al Hackner
Al Hackner, Kory Carr, Kristofer Leupen, Gary Champagne
Thunder Bay, NO
2011: Colin Koivula
Colin Koivula, Eric Theriault, Justin Whitehurst, Jordan Potts
Thunder Bay, NO
2010: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, John Shuster, Greg Johnson, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2005: John Salo
John Salo
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