CHAMPION: Einarson Wins 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Gimli, Manitoba

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Meilleur

Games:	13
Record:	11W - 2L
PF/G:	8.21
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) won 8-7 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final

Einarson finished 9-2 in the 16 team Scotties Tournament of Hearts qualifying round, held February 15 - 23, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Noemie Verreault (Chicoutiimi, QC) 9-4, then won 6-4 against Lori Eddy (Iqaluit, NU) and 8-7 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT). Einarson won 6-5 against Chelsea Carey (Calgary, CAN). Einarson went on to lose 13-7 against Andrea Crawford (Oromocto, NB). Einarson responded with a 10-6 win over Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK). Einarson won 8-6 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-4 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) and 9-4 against Suzanne Birt (Montague, PEI). Einarson went on to lose 12-7 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Einarson responded with a 9-6 win over Homan in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship title, Einarson earned 73.103 world rankings points along with the $105,000CDN first prize cheque. Einarson move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 64.2 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 420.070 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Einarson ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 420.070 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	11	2	0	0.846	6-0	3-2	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	123	101	82	8.21	6.67	1.54	4.80	4.55	1.71	1.46	0.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	64	85	10	5	1-0	5-0	21-1	1.33	0.16	0.46	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	59	16	72	3	0-3	1-1	5-11	0.27	1.22	0.68	0.15

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