Hackner Reaches 2024 TBayTel Major League of Curling Semifinals

Thunder Bay, Ontario

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Jonah
Dupuis

Second
Rob
Sinclair

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Games:	19
Record:	15W - 4L
PF/G:	8.49
PA/G:	5.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) run at the 2024 TBayTel Major League of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO). of the 2024 TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Hackner advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win over Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, ON). of the 2024 TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;

Hackner finished 14-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, ON) 6-0, then won 7-4 against Bonot and 9-1 against Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner went on to lose 6-5 against Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner lost 9-5 to Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, ON) where Hackner responded with a 10-6 win over Myles Stevens (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 4-3 against Weiss, then won 9-5 against Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, ON) and 6-3 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 5-3 against Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, ON), then won 7-1 against Rob Skinner (Thunder Bay, ON) and 6-2 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 7-6 against Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner went on to lose 8-2 against Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NO). Hackner responded with a 8-1 win over Claire Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 6-3 against Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON), then won 6-1 against Ashley Palmer (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Hackner earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the TBayTel Major League of Curling. For week 27 of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hackner ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	15	4	0	0.789	7-2	3-0	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	139	118	71	8.49	5.11	3.38	5.40	3.88	1.57	1.31	0.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	64	79	15	3	3-0	3-0	16-2	1.23	0.23	0.36	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	75	39	56	7	0-1	4-2	4-6	0.52	0.75	0.78	0.36

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