CHAMPION: Einarson Wins 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Harris

Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) won 10-6 over Eunji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the Final of the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, held May 3 - 8, 2022 in Olds, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 6-4 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Olds, Alberta; and won 5-3 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Olds, Alberta;

Einarson finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Cory Christensen (Chaska, MN) 9-4, then won 5-4 against Homan and 7-3 against Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR). Einarson went on to lose 5-3 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). Einarson lost 7-6 to Gim in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Championship title, Einarson earned 74.714 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 60.117 after improving upon their best so far this season. Einarson ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 390.033 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	56	25	0	0.691	19-6	19-5	7-3	3-2	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	653	556	400	8.51	6.13	2.39	4.69	4.32	1.82	1.42	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	314	420	74	30	12-1	36-2	85-9	1.34	0.24	0.47	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	339	136	326	35	5-2	9-14	19-67	0.40	0.96	0.63	0.24

2023: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2022: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Gimli, MB
2021: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Joanne Courtney, Laura Walker, Randy Ferbey
Ottawa, ON
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat , Peter Gallant
Aarau, SUI
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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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