Maerki Reaches 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic Quarters

SKIP
Dominik
Maerki

Third
Stephen
Dropkin

Second
Shawn
Banyai

Lead
Erik
Quistgaard

Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) qualified for the 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 1-0 against Dale Kelly (Chatham, ON). of the 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States;

Maerki finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maerki defeated Tom Mulhern (Kalamazoo, MI) 11-1, then won 10-0 against Matt Sussman (Toledo, OH) and 7-2 against P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN). Maerki went on to lose 6-4 against Ryan Larson (Kalamazoo, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

Maerki earned 3.984 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Kalamazoo Men's Classic. Maerki gained 1.215 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 95thplace overall with 43.523 total points. Maerki ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.572 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: Dale Kelly
Dale Kelly, Mark Patterson, Ed DeSchutter, Aiden Poole
Chatham, ON
2018: Rick Law
Rick Law, Sean Boyle , Jason Wingerden
Belle River, ON
2017: Brandon Corbett
Brandon Corbett, Derek Corbett, Aaron Carlson, Daniel Dudt
Rochester, NY
2016: Sean Murray
Sean Murray, Mark Robinson, Nicholas Visnich, Alex Visnich
Pittsburgh, PA

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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