Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) finished 2-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Dale Gibbs (St Paul, MN) 7-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Brennan Wark (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner responded with a 7-5 win over Minnesota's Mike Farbelow. Hackner went on to lose 5-3 against Andy Jukich (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 15 of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 99th to 103rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 13.185 total points. Hackner ranks 84th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.250 points earned so far this season.