Hackner Reaches TBayTel Major League of Curling Semifinals

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Jonah
Dupuis

Second
Rob
Sinclair

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Games:	17
Record:	12W - 5L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	5.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) run at the TBayTel Major League of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-2 loss to Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT). of the TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Hackner advanced through the quarterfinals with a 11-4 win over Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT). of the TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;

Hackner finished 11-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NONT) 7-2, then won 8-2 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 7-3 against Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner responded with a 6-5 win over Bonot. Hackner won 7-1 against Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 6-4 against Jackson Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner responded with a 6-5 win over Burgess. Hackner won 6-3 against Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 6-3 against Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, NONT) and 6-3 against Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 6-5 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner responded with a 8-1 win over Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner won 10-2 against Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 7-2 against Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner responded with a 9-0 win over Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Hackner earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the TBayTel Major League of Curling, moving up 287 spots the World Ranking Standings into 343rd place overall with 2.125 total points. Hackner ranks 297th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.125 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

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