Kiiskinen14-6 at Finnish Men's Championship

SKIP
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Third
Wille
Makela

Second
Juha
Pekaristo

Lead
Teemu
Salo

Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 14-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiiskinen defeated Tomi Kokkola (Savitaipale, FIN) 13-5, then went on to lose 7-6 against Toni Anttila (Mariehamn, FIN). Kiiskinen responded with a 7-5 win over Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kiiskinen won 6-4 against Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN), then won 11-2 against Jari Saarelainen (Helsinki, FIN) and 9-4 against Jani Sullanmaa (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kiiskinen went on to lose 8-5 against Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). Kiiskinen responded with a 11-3 win over Kokkola. Kiiskinen won 10-9 against Anttila. Kiiskinen went on to lose 10-6 against Rantamaki. Kiiskinen responded with a 9-3 win over Uusipaavalniemi. Kiiskinen won 13-4 against Saarelainen, then won 8-3 against Sullanmaa and 7-6 against Kauste. Kiiskinen won 8-2 against Anttila, then won 7-5 against Kauste. Kiiskinen went on to lose 8-3 against Sullanmaa. Kiiskinen responded with a 11-4 win over Anttila. Kiiskinen went on to lose 7-6 against Kauste. Kiiskinen lost 10-8 to Sullanmaa in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finnish Men's Championship Championship title, Kiiskinen earned 4.000 world rankings points, moving up 73 spots the World Ranking Standings into 182nd place overall with 6.675 total points. Kiiskinen ranks 141st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.425 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

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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