Ackerman Runner-Up at 2015 Red Deer Curling Classic

Regina, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Jason
Ackerman

Third
Brent
Goeres

Second
Curtis
Horwath

Lead
Mike
Armstrong

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.63
PA/G:	6.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) lost 5-3 to Mick Lizmore (Edmonton, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Ackerman won 8-2 over Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2015 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; and won 8-6 over Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Ackerman finished 4-0 in the 32 team Red Deer Curling Classic qualifying round, held October 23 - 26, 2015 in , . In their opening game, Ackerman defeated Glen Hanson (Edmonton, AB) 6-3, then won 6-5 against Kim and 7-5 against Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB). Ackerman won 6-5 against Sean Geall (New Westminster , BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Red Deer Curling Classic, Ackerman take home 28.122 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize, moving up 47 spots the World Ranking Standings into 66th place overall with 48.559 total points. Ackerman ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.789 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	1	0	0.857	5-0	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	51	44	31	8.63	6.08	2.55	4.31	4.31	2.00	1.41	1.37

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	28	35	9	3	2-0	1-0	9-1	1.25	0.32	0.48	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	23	9	22	4	1-1	0-0	1-5	0.39	0.96	0.57	0.22

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2018: Kody Hartung
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2017: Brendan Bottcher
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2002: Adrian Bakker
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2000: James Pahl
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1998: Brent MacDonald
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