CHAMPION: Einarson Wins 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Harris

Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) won 8-6 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final Einarson advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held January 28 - February 2, 2020 in Rivers, Manitoba.

Einarson finished 6-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson lost 6-5 to Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 11-4 win over Terry Ursel (Arden, MB). Einarson won 8-3 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-3 against Janelle Vachon (Brandon, MB) and 7-6 against Jones. Einarson won 7-1 against Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB), then won 8-6 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship title, Einarson earned 35.044 world rankings points, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -23.01 after improving upon their best so far this season. Einarson ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 355.870 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

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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