Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK) lost
6-5 to
Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Flasch won
5-4 over
Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; and won
6-3 over
Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Flasch finished 4-2 in the 26 team
Vesta Energy Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 19 - 22, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Flasch lost
6-2 to
Jacques, then responded with a
8-3 win over
Daylan Vavrek (Calgary, AB). Flasch won
7-1 against
Michael Dahms (Airdrie, AB), then won
7-4 against
Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
8-2 against
Hartung to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
7-6 win over
Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Vesta Energy Curling Classic, Flasch take home
29.192 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize, remaining in 15th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 18.619 after improving upon their best so far this season. Flasch ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
99.251 points earned so far this season.
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