Kakela1-3 at 2018 DEKALB Superspiel

SKIP
Kevin
Kakela

Third
Kyle
Kakela

Second
Ryan
Lagasse

Lead
Timothy
Hodek

Kevin Kakela (Hansboro, ND) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kakela lost 8-0 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), droppimg another game, 8-5 to Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) where Kakela responded with a 7-2 win over Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK). Kakela went on to lose 7-6 against Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kakela earned 2.624 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kakela move up 87 spots after posting a net gain of 2.466 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 324th overall with 3.729 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kakela ranks 230th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.624 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

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NO
2022: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Lott, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Adam Casey, Matt Wozniak, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Dylan Johnston
Dylan Johnston, Mike Badiuk, Cody Johnston, Travis Showalter
, NO
2016: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Jim Coleman, Daniel Grant, Chris Gallant
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Steen Sigurdson
Steen Sigurdson, Riley Smith, Ian McMillan, Nick Curtis
Winnipeg, MB
2012: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Tyler Forrest
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Braeden Moskowy
Braeden Moskowy, Kirk Muyres, DJ Kidby, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2011: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Vic Peters
Daley Peters, Vic Peters, Kyle Werenich, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB

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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