Minnesota's Tyler George lost
5-2 to
Colin Koivula (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the Final of the Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel, held November 11 - 14, 2011 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Minnesota's Tyler George won
3-2 over
Ontario's Joe Scharf in the semifinals of the 2011 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Wisconsin's John Benton in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;
Minnesota's Tyler George finished 3-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minnesota's Tyler George defeated
Trevor Clifford (Thunder Bay, ON) 6-5, then won
8-3 against
Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON) and
6-3 against
Koivula in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel, Minnesota's Tyler George take home
2.975 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with
56.945 total points. Minnesota's Tyler George ranks 29th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
25.070 points earned so far this season.
