Rajala4-4 at 2025 New Holland Canadian U20 Junior Championships

Sudbury, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Brendan
Rajala

Third
Justin
MacKay

Second
Ben
Miskew

Lead
Jake
Clouthier

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	7.46
PA/G:	7.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Brendan Rajala (Sudbury, NO) finished 4-4 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 11-9 to Jace Freeman (Virden, MB), then responded with a 10-4 win over Noah Garner (Mississauga, ON). Rajala went on to lose 7-4 against Rajan Dalrymple (Oromocto, NB). Rajala responded with a 7-5 win over Jack MacFadyen (Cornwall, PEI). Rajala went on to lose 14-2 against Simon Perry (St. John's, NL). Rajala lost 9-4 to Calan MacIsaac (Halifax, NS) where Rajala responded with a 6-5 win over Peter Hlushak (Spruce Grove, AB). Rajala won 11-1 against Harrison Hrynew (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 35 of the event schedule, Rajala did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rajala ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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