Kakela1-3 at 2019 DEKALB Superspiel

SKIP
Kevin
Kakela

Third
Kyle
Kakela

Second
Timothy
Hodek

Lead
John Paul
Munich

Kevin Kakela (Rolla, ND) finished 1-3 in the 24 team DEKALB Superspiel qualifying round, held November 1 - 4, 2019 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. In their opening game, Kakela lost 7-2 to JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Jed Brundidge (Minnesota) where Kakela responded with a 8-7 win over Ross LaVallee (Winnipeg, MB). Kakela went on to lose 10-2 against Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

Kakela earned 1.970 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kakela move up 28 spots after posting a net gain of 1.401 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 282nd overall with 5.950 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kakela ranks 245th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.970 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	1	3	0	0.250	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	27	15	32	5.56	11.85	-6.30	2.96	6.30	1.88	1.88	0.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	18	13	17	2	0-1	1-1	4-3	0.72	0.94	0.31	0.50

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	9	2	15	0	0-0	0-2	1-3	0.22	1.67	0.38	0.11

2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Dylan Johnston
Dylan Johnston, Mike Badiuk, Cody Johnston, Travis Showalter
, NONT
2016: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Jim Coleman, Daniel Grant, Chris Gallant
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Steen Sigurdson
Steen Sigurdson, Riley Smith, Ian McMillan, Nick Curtis
Winnipeg, MB
2012: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Tyler Forrest
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Braeden Moskowy
Braeden Moskowy, Kirk Muyres, DJ Kidby, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2011: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Vic Peters
Daley Peters, Vic Peters, Kyle Werenich, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB

Scotland's Bruce Mouat (photo: Jeffrey Au) won 7-5 over Brad Jacobs, winning third straight Slam title.

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