WPH Press, 7/26/21
The WPH has safely held 11 Icebreaker events since September of 2020, featuring 33 invited players from eight states and three countries. The August 21-22 WPH Ice Bowl, the Icebreaker Championship, will be the final event of the inaugural 2020/21 Icebreaker tour season. Check out the pre Ice Bowl men’s and women’s rankings below, in addition to the complete list of the 2020/21 Icebreaker results. Ranking compiled by WPH rankings director Nick Flores.
Icebreaker History (2020-2021)
Icebreaker #1 – September 2020: David Fink (AZ) def Shorty Ruiz (AZ) 21-4, 21-6
Icebreaker #2 – November 2020: Dylan Hernandez (CA) def Erik Torres (CA) 21-12, 21-11
*Icebreaker #3 – January 2021: David Fink (AZ) def Stephen Cooney (IRE) 21-2, 21-10
*non-ranking event
*Icebreaker #4 – January 2021: Leo Canales, Jr. (TX) def Sam Esser (AZ) 21-6, 21-19
*non-ranking event
*Icebreaker #5 – February 2021: Ashley Moler (AZ) def Mikaila Mitchell (AZ) 21-0, 21-16
*non-ranking event
Icebreaker #6 – February 2021: David Fink (AZ) def Shorty Ruiz (AZ) 21-11, 21-14
Icebreaker #7 – April 2021: Mikaila Mitchell (AZ) def Ashley Moler (AZ) 4-15, 15-10, 15-13
Icebreaker #8 – April 2021: Killian Carroll (MA) def Sean Lenning (AZ) 16-14, 15-10
Icebreaker #9 – May 2021: Ashley Moler (AZ) def Tracy Davis 21-14, 21-4 (CA)
May 2021: Abraham Montijo (AZ) def Adam Bernhard (TX) 21-13, 21-2
Icebreaker #10 – May 2021: Alfredo Morales (CA) def Josue Tellez (CA) 15-4, 15-6/Alfredo Morales (CA)/Boxer Rosales (ID) def Josue Tellez (CA)/Darryl Garcia (CA) 21-9
Icebreaker #11 – June 2021: Killian Carroll (MA) def Daniel Cordova (TX) 16-14, 15-3
Icebreaker Finishes by Event
Men’s Icebreakers
Icebreaker #1 (4-man event): September 2020
1st: Fink (AZ)
2nd: Ruiz (AZ)
3rd: Montijo (AZ)
4th: Esser (AZ) (no matches won)
Icebreaker #2 (4-man event): November 2020
1st: D. Hernandez (CA)
2nd: E. Torres (CA)
3rd: R. Palma (CA)
4th: L. Collado (CA) (no matches won)
*Icebreaker #3 (2-man event): December 2020
1st: Fink (AZ)
2nd: Cooney (CA) (no matches won)
*non-ranking event
*Icebreaker #4 (2-man event): February 2021
1st: L. Canales, Jr. (TX)
2nd: Esser (AZ) (no matches won)
*non-ranking event
Icebreaker #5 (4-man event): March 2021
1st: Fink (AZ)
2nd: Ruiz (AZ)
3rd: L. Canales, Jr. (TX)
4th: Esser (AZ) (no matches won)
Icebreaker #6 (8-man event): April 2021
1st: K. Carroll (MA)
2nd: S. Lenning (AZ)
3rd: Fink (AZ)/Ruiz (AZ) (no third place playoff)
5th: L. Canales, Jr. (TX)
6th: Montijo (AZ)
7th: L. Cordova (MEX)/D. Hernandez (CA) – neither won a match
Icebreaker #7 (4-man event): April 2021
1st: Montijo (AZ)
2nd: A. Bernhard (TX)
3rd: M. Langmack (MO)
4th: N. Mattioni (FL) (no matches won)
Icebreaker #8 (12-man event): June 2021
1st: Carroll (MA)
2nd: D. Cordova (TX)
3rd: Fink (AZ)/Ruiz (AZ)
Women’s Icebreakers
*Women’s Icebreaker #1 (2-woman event): January 2021
1st: A. Moler (AZ)
2nd: M. Mitchell (AZ) (no matches won)
*non-ranking event
Women’s Icebreaker #2 (4-woman event): April 2021
1st: M. Mitchell (AZ)
2nd: A. Moler (AZ)
3rd: D. Daskalakis (NY)
4th: T. Davis (CA) (no matches won)
Women’s Icebreaker #3 (4-woman event): April 2021
1st: A. Moler (AZ)
2nd: T. Davis (CA)
3rd: M. Mitchell (AZ)
4th: Ciana Ni Churraoin (TX) (no matches won)
Icebreaker Contenders (Qualifiers)
Small Ball Contenders #1 (April 2021)
Contender champion: Max Langmack (KS)
Small Ball Contenders #2 (May 2021)
Contenders: Danny Perez (AZ) (champion)/John Chapman (CO) (finalist)
*both Perez and Chapman qualified
Big Ball Icebreaker Contenders #1 (May 2021)
Contender champion: David Fink (AZ)
Small Ball Contenders #3 (June 2021)
Contenders champion: Dylan Key (AZ)