Hackner Runner-Up at 2015 Northern Ontario Travelers Mens Championship

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Frank
Morissette

Second
Kristofer
Leupen

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) lost 7-4 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the Final of the Northern Ontario Travelers Mens Championship, held February 4 - 8, 2015 in Kenora, Northern Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Hackner won 5-4 over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2015 Northern Ontario Travelers Mens Championship in Kenora, Northern Ontario;

Hackner finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT) 6-4, then won 7-4 against Chris Glibota (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) and 7-6 against Bryan Burgess (Kakabeka Falls, NONT). Hackner won 6-3 against Mike Jakubo (Sudbury, NONT). Hackner went on to lose 9-8 against Johnston. Hackner lost 6-4 to Jacobs where Hackner responded with a 9-3 win over Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Northern Ontario Travelers Mens Championship, Hackner take home 4.450 world rankings points, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 95th place overall with 16.035 total points. Hackner ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.035 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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