Hackner Runner-Up at 2014 Bernick's Miller Lite Open

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Jeff
Isaacson

Second
Jared
Zezel

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) lost 6-2 to Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA) in the Final of the Bernick's Miller Lite Open, held October 25 - 27, 2014 in Bemidji, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Hackner won 8-2 over Richard Muntain (Pinawa, MB) in the semifinals

Hackner finished 4-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) 6-5, then won 7-3 against Minnesota's Mark Haluptzok and 7-4 against Jake Vukich (Bemidji, MN). Hackner won 6-0 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hackner earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Bernick's Miller Lite Open. For week 9 of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 449th to 451st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Hackner ranks 275th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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