Art Lappalainen (Thunder Bay, NONT) qualified for the 2012 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
6-3 against
Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT). of the 2012 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;
Lappalainen finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lappalainen defeated
Joe Scharf (Thunder Bay, ON) 8-7, then won
6-5 against
Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, ON) and
6-4 against
Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, ). Lappalainen won
4-3 against
Minnesota's Eric Fenson, then won
5-3 against
Mike Assad (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
Lappalainen earned
1.125 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel, moving up 82 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 277th place overall with
1.231 total points. Lappalainen ranks 181st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
1.125 points earned so far this season.
