Hackner Runner-Up at 2014 Coors Light Cash Spiel

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Frank
Morrisette

Second
Kristofer
Leupen

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) lost 4-3 to Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) in the Final of the Coors Light Cash Spiel, held November 28 - 30, 2014 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Hackner won 6-4 over Minnesota's Mark Haluptzok in the semifinals of the 2014 Coors Light Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won 7-1 over Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Coors Light Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Hackner finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT) 5-4, then went on to lose 7-5 against Stephen Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN). Hackner lost 9-6 to McCormick where Hackner responded with a 10-1 win over Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Hackner won 4-3 against Brown in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Coors Light Cash Spiel, Hackner take home 5.110 world rankings points along with the $2,264CDN prize, moving up 291 spots the World Ranking Standings into 172nd place overall with 5.110 total points. Hackner ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.110 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

2024: Joe Polo
Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Matt Mellin, Derek Benson
Duluth, MN
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, Quinn Evenson
Duluth, USA
2014: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt, Colin Hufman
Blaine, USA
2013: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Matt Hamilton, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2012: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2008: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2007: Jeff Currie
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Thunder Bay, NONT
2006: John Salo
John Salo, Ron Rosengren, Rob Sinclair, Gary Maunula
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Marshall Bagdon
Marshall Bagdon, Robin Champagne, Gary Weiss, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2003: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Pete Westberg, Kevin Birr, Greg Rheaume
Mankato, MN
2002: Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
, USA

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