Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Hackner finished 5-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Matt Dumontelle (New Liskeard, NONT) 7-2, then went on to lose 8-4 against Mike Jakubo (Copper Cliff, NONT). Hackner responded with a 7-3 win over Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner won 5-4 against Jordan Chandler (North Bay, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 7-6 against Robbie Gordon (Sudbury, NONT). Hackner responded with a 5-4 win over Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 8-7 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Hackner responded with a 5-2 win over Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 26 of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 97th to 99th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 16.185 total points. Hackner ranks 86th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.250 points earned so far this season.