CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2011 Sun Life Classic

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Sebastian
Kraupp

Second
Fredrik
Lindberg

Lead
Viktor
Kjell

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	8.06
PA/G:	5.37
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 7-2 over Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in the Final of the Sun Life Classic, held November 18 - 21, 2011 in Brantford, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 5-3 over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2011 Sun Life Classic in Brantford, Ontario; and won 5-3 over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Sun Life Classic in Brantford, Ontario;

Edin finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Greg Richardson (Ottawa, ON) 6-1, then went on to lose 6-1 against Michel. Edin responded with a 8-1 win over David Hamblin (Morris, MB). Edin went on to lose 6-3 against Howard. Edin responded with a 8-6 win over Braeden Moskowy (Regina, SK). Edin won 5-3 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB), then won 6-5 against Switzerland's Peter De Cruz in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Sun Life Classic Championship title, Edin earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 235.057 total points. Edin ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 97.417 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

2005: Kirk Ziola
Kirk Ziola, Darcy Tomchick, Jake Higgs, Kevin Ackerman
Ilderton, ON
2006: Dwayne Fowler
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Montreal, QC
2007: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater,
2008: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater, ON
2009: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, Viktor Kjell
Karlstad, SWE

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