Kiiskinen Reaches Match Town Trophy Quarters

SKIP
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Third
Teemu
Salo

Second
Leo
Ouni

Lead
Jermu
Poellaenen

Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) qualified for the Match Town Trophy playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Mats Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE). of the Match Town Trophy in Jonkoping, Sweden;

Kiiskinen finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiiskinen lost 8-4 to Wrana, then responded with a 7-3 win over Alexander Lindstroem (Snaroya, NOR). Kiiskinen went on to lose 7-3 against Simon Granbom (Gavle, SWE). Kiiskinen responded with a 9-0 win over Joel Westerberg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Kiiskinen earned 4.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Match Town Trophy, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 126th place overall with 22.114 total points. Kiiskinen ranks 113th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.313 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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