Uusipaavalniemi2-3 at 2011 Westcoast Curling Classic

SKIP
Markku
Uusipaavalniemi

Third
Toni
Anttila

Second
Kasper
Hakunti

Lead
Joni
Ikonen

Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Uusipaavalniemi lost 5-4 to Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK), then responded with a 4-2 win over Dave Merklinger (Vernon, BC). Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 7-4 win over Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 7-6 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 8 of the event schedule, Uusipaavalniemi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 44th to 49th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 33.430 total points. Uusipaavalniemi ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.400 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

2012: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Koe
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: David Hamblin
David Hamblin, Ross Derksen, Kevin Hamblin, Ross McConnell
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC

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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