CHAMPION: Einarson Wins 2019 Players' Championship

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Meilleur

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.61
PA/G:	5.48
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-4 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 7-4 over Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in the semifinals and won 6-4 over Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Einarson finished 2-3 in the 12 team Players' Championship qualifying round, held April 9 - 14, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) 6-4, then went on to lose 5-2 against Hasselborg. Einarson lost 6-4 to Chelsea Carey (Edmotnon, AB). Einarson lost 5-4 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) where Einarson responded with a 7-2 win over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Einarson ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 472.248 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	3	0	0.625	1-1	4-2	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	62	41	34	6.61	5.48	1.13	4.19	4.35	1.58	1.26	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	28	36	4	3	0-0	1-0	13-0	1.29	0.14	0.56	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	34	5	30	6	0-0	0-0	0-7	0.15	0.88	0.70	0.15

2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Vicki Chalmers, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2015: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Amber Holland
Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk
Kronau, SK
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB

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