Eckstrand Runner-Up at Kalamazoo Men's Classic

SKIP
Garnet
Eckstrand

Third
Ryan
Larson

Second
Marcus
Gleaton

Lead
Trevor
Kraus

Garnet Eckstrand (Kalamazoo, MI) lost 5-3 to Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) in the Final of the Kalamazoo Men's Classic, held October 13 - 15, 2017 at the Kalamazoo Curling Club in Kalamazoo, United States. To advance to the championship game, Eckstrand won 10-1 over Rick Law (Kingsville, ON) in the semifinals of the Kalamazoo Men's Classic in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States;

Eckstrand finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eckstrand defeated Michael Moore (Cleveland, OH) 5-0, then won 8-3 against Stu Cohen (Columbus, OH) and 7-4 against Law in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kalamazoo Men's Classic, Eckstrand take home 5.114 world rankings points along with the $901CDN prize, moving up 84 spots the World Ranking Standings into 224th place overall with 9.487 total points. Eckstrand ranks 136th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.114 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

2019: Dale Kelly
Dale Kelly, Mark Patterson, Ed DeSchutter, Aiden Poole
Chatham, ON
2018: Rick Law
Rick Law, Sean Boyle , Jason Wingerden
Belle River, ON
2017: Brandon Corbett
Brandon Corbett, Derek Corbett, Aaron Carlson, Daniel Dudt
Rochester, NY
2016: Sean Murray
Sean Murray, Mark Robinson, Nicholas Visnich, Alex Visnich
Pittsburgh, PA

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