Einarson Runner-Up at 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Harris

After advancing directly to the championship game, Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) lost 8-5 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held December 5 - 9, 2018 in Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Einarson finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson lost 6-5 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 7-6 win over Alli Flaxey (Winnipeg, MB). Einarson won 6-3 against Jones, then won 8-7 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-5 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Einarson won 8-5 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-3 against Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, Einarson take home 63.901 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 55.046 after improving upon their best so far this season. Einarson ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 346.702 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

2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen, Jill Officer
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2010: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK

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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