Hackner Runner-Up at 2015 TBaytel Mens Major League of Curling

Thunder Bay, Ontario

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Frank
Morrisette

Second
Kristofer
Leupen

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Games:	13
Record:	10W - 3L
PF/G:	8.09
PA/G:	5.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) lost 5-4 to Mike McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON) in the Final of the TBaytel Mens Major League of Curling, held October 7 - January 16, 2016 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Hackner won 8-3 over Colin Koivula (Thunder Bay, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2015 TBaytel Mens Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario; of the 2015 TBaytel Mens Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario;

Hackner finished 9-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Liane Fossum (Thunder Bay, ON) 7-3, then went on to lose 6-3 against Koivula. Hackner lost 8-6 to McCarville where Hackner responded with a 6-3 win over Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 6-5 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON), then won 4-3 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, ON) and 9-4 against Scott Henderson (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 6-4 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 5-2 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, ON) and 7-6 against Devin Doran (Thunder Bay, ON). Hackner won 1-0 against Matt Roberts (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the TBaytel Mens Major League of Curling, Hackner take home 8.950 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 124th place overall with 33.003 total points. Hackner ranks 207th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.950 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

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