Kaufman Reaches 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown Semifinals

SKIP
Nicky
Kaufman

Third
Karynn
Flory

Second
Kim
Curtin

Lead
Krysta
Hilker

Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-5 loss to Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). of the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Kaufman advanced through the quarterfinals with a 10-8 win over Hannah Phillips (Edmonton, AB). of the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kaufman finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman defeated Kellie Stiksma (Sherwood Park, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kaufman responded with a 9-1 win over Heather Steele (Edmonton, AB). Kaufman won 9-4 against Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kaufman earned 14.875 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 65.001 total points. Kaufman ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	24	16	0	0.600	1-0	0-3	1-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	291	252	214	8.66	7.35	1.31	4.91	4.33	1.76	1.70	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	144	191	55	9	8-2	15-5	31-5	1.33	0.38	0.40	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	147	61	159	13	0-4	3-12	14-30	0.42	1.08	0.51	0.28

2025: Selena Sturmay
Selena Sturmay, Danielle Schmiemann, Dezaray Hawes, Paige Papley
Edmonton, AB
2018: Kourtney Fesser
Kourtney Fesser, Natalie Yanko, Krista Fesser, Karlee Korchinski
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Victoria Moiseeva
Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva, Julia Portunova
St. Petersburg, RUS
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Kristen Streifel
Kristen Streifel, Danielle Schmiemann, Kate Goodhelpsen, Jesse Marlow
Edmonton, AB
2014: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, SeulBee Lee, Min-Ji Um, Yoon-Jung Yeom
Gyeonggi-Do, KOR

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