Rajala Reaches 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Semifinals

Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) run at the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Neil Sinclair (Manotick, ON). of the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Rajala advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). of the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Rajala finished 5-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala defeated Tom Wharry (Montreal, PQ) 5-4, then won 6-2 against Chris Gardner (Arnprior, ON) and 7-5 against Cory Heggestad (Barrie, ON). Rajala went on to lose 6-5 against Martin Ferland (Quebec, PQ). Rajala responded with a 7-3 win over Quebec's Michel Briand. Rajala won 6-4 against Tim Phillips (Sudbury, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 12.760 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy. For week of the event schedule, Rajala did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rajala 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

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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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