Timofeev Wins KW Fall Classic

Moscow, Russia

SKIP
Alexey
Timofeev

Third
Alexey
Stukalskiy

Second
Artur
Razhabov

Lead
Artem
Shmakov

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.60
PA/G:	5.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) won 9-4 over Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Timofeev won 9-2 over John Willsey () in the semifinals. and won 8-3 over Ian Dickie () in the quarterfinals.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Timofeev earned 22.596 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Timofeev move up 32 spots after posting a net gain of 18.393 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 76th overall with 47.426 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Timofeev ranks 21th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	2	0	0.750	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	57	49	32	8.60	5.61	2.98	4.91	4.04	1.75	1.39	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	25	41	4	1	2-0	3-0	5-1	1.64	0.16	0.42	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	32	8	28	5	0-0	0-1	1-6	0.25	0.88	0.65	0.22

2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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