Kaufman Runner-Up at 2025 Curling Alberta Womens Championship presented by Sentinel Storage

SKIP
Nicky
Kaufman

Third
Karynn
Flory

Second
Kim
Curtin

Lead
Krysta
Hilker

Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-5 to Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Curling Alberta Womens Championship presented by Sentinel Storage, held January 22 - 25, 2025 at the Peter Lougheed Community Centre in Rimbey, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kaufman won 5-4 over Robyn Silvernagle (Sexsmith, AB) in the semifinals of the 2025 Curling Alberta Womens Championship presented by Sentinel Storage in Rimbey, Alberta, Canada;

Kaufman finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman lost 8-6 to Janais DeJong (Grande Prairie, AB), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Michelle Hartwell (Edmonton, AB) where Kaufman responded with a 8-7 win over Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB). Kaufman won 10-4 against Kayleigh Shannon (Calgary, AB) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 9-3 against Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Alberta Womens Championship presented by Sentinel Storage, Kaufman take home 13.750 world rankings points, remaining in 46th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.437 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kaufman ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.375 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: Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik, Margot Flemming, Ashton Skrlik, Geri-Lynn Ramsay , Shannon Kleibrink
Calgary, AB
2024: Selena Sturmay
Selena Sturmay, Danielle Schmiemann, Dezaray Hawes, Paige Papley
Edmonton, AB
2019: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Calgary, AB
2018: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Grande Prairie, AB
2017: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Lisa Eyamie, Sarah Wilkes, Alison Thiessen, Heather Nedohin
Okotoks, AB
2016: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
Calgary, AB
2015: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Joanne Courtney, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB

Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) will be the number two seed in the men's playoff round at the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe beginning Saturday.

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