John Epping (Toronto, ON) won
7-6 over
Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the Sun Life Financial Players' Championship, held April 17 - 22, 2012 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
6-4 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals
Epping finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) 8-4, then went on to lose
5-2 against
Martin. Epping responded with a
6-3 win over
Howard. Epping won
7-6 against
Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB), then won
7-1 against
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) and
7-3 against
Sebastian Kraupp (Karlstad, SWE). Epping went on to lose
5-2 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Sun Life Financial Players' Championship Championship title, Epping earned
45.000 world rankings points along with the $28,000CDN first prize cheque. Epping move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 42 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with
231.133 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
155.650 points earned so far this season.
