Kaufman Reaches 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown Semifinals

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Nicky
Kaufman

Third
Karynn
Flory

Second
Kim
Curtin

Lead
Krysta
Hilker

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	7.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-5 loss to Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). of the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Kaufman advanced through the quarterfinals with a 10-8 win over Hannah Phillips (Edmonton, AB). of the 2025 Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kaufman finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman defeated Kellie Stiksma (Sherwood Park, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kaufman responded with a 9-1 win over Heather Steele (Edmonton, AB). Kaufman won 9-4 against Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kaufman earned 14.875 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 65.001 total points. Kaufman ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	24	16	0	0.600	1-0	0-3	1-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	291	252	214	8.66	7.35	1.31	4.91	4.33	1.76	1.70	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	144	191	55	9	8-2	15-5	31-5	1.33	0.38	0.40	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	147	61	159	13	0-4	3-12	14-30	0.42	1.08	0.51	0.28

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2018: Kourtney Fesser
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2017: Victoria Moiseeva
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2016: Nadine Scotland
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2015: Kristen Streifel
Kristen Streifel, Danielle Schmiemann, Kate Goodhelpsen, Jesse Marlow
Edmonton, AB
2014: Eun ji Gim
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Gyeonggi-Do, KOR

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