Rajala Reaches 2023 Capital Curling Valley Open Quarters

SKIP
Howard
Rajala

Third
Rich
Moffatt

Second
Chris
Fulton

Lead
Paul
Madden

Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) qualified for the 2023 Capital Curling Valley Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-8 against Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON).

Rajala finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala defeated Carter Bryant (Brantford, ON) 7-5, then won 7-4 against Lauren Horton (Montreal, QC) and 6-3 against David Maheux (Mont Bruno, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Capital Curling Valley Open, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 129th place overall with 22.016 total points. Rajala ranks 152nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	5	3	0	0.625	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	55	53	44	9.64	8.00	1.64	5.09	4.55	1.89	1.76	0.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	29	41	11	2	1-0	5-1	8-2	1.41	0.38	0.52	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	26	12	33	0	0-0	0-3	4-9	0.46	1.27	0.33	0.31