The Regular Season Is Done β and Toronto United Are Charging Into the CNPL Playoffs on a Nine-Match Win Streak
That's a wrap on the CNPL Season 4 regular season. The season finale settled everything left to settle: London Smash locked up the #1 seed at 23β5, the playoff field of six is confirmed, and the hottest team in Canada right now isn't the one at the top of the table. Toronto United closed the year on nine straight match wins and put four players in the top five of the finale leaderboard, with Apollo's own Maria Klokotzky going 10β2 as the top-performing woman of the weekend. Here's the full recap, the final standings, and how the playoff picture shakes out.
Finale Recap: Toronto United Owned the Weekend
If you only look at the final standings, London Smash had the better season. If you watched the finale, you saw a different story. Toronto United players took four of the top five spots on the event leaderboard, and it wasn't close. Matthew Kawamoto led everyone at 11β1 with a 91.7% win rate. Maximilian Wild went 10β2 and collected three Player of the Match honours, tied for the most of any player at the event. Maria Klokotzky matched Wild's 10β2 record at an 83.3% clip, finishing fourth overall and first among all women in the field. Jada Bui rounded out the group at 9β3 with two POTM nods of her own.
The best non-Toronto performance came from Jacob Bolkowy of the Northern Lights, who quietly put up an 8β1 weekend, and London's Aibika Kalsarieva, who went 8β3 with a +4.6 point differential that reminded everyone why she sits atop the league's player leaderboard. But the weekend belonged to Toronto, and the timing couldn't be better for them.
| # | Player | GP | WβL | Win % | +/- | POTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew KawamotoToronto United Pickleball Club | 12 | 11β1 | 91.7% | +3.8 | 1 |
| 2 | Jacob BolkowyNorthern Lights | 9 | 8β1 | 88.9% | +3.4 | β |
| 3 | Maximilian WildToronto United Pickleball Club | 12 | 10β2 | 83.3% | +4.6 | 3 |
| 4 | Maria KlokotzkyApollo Β· MK47Toronto United Pickleball Club Β· #1 woman at the finale | 12 | 10β2 | 83.3% | +2.5 | β |
| 5 | Jada BuiToronto United Pickleball Club | 12 | 9β3 | 75.0% | +3.3 | 2 |
| 6 | Aibika KalsarievaLondon Smash | 11 | 8β3 | 72.7% | +4.6 | 2 |
| 7 | Marie-Christine SalvasGrand River Rapids | 12 | 8β4 | 66.7% | +3.6 | 1 |
| 8 | Anna DyachenkoVancouver Owls | 12 | 8β4 | 66.7% | +1.9 | β |
| 9 | Ben DavisNorthern Lights | 12 | 8β4 | 66.7% | +1.2 | 3 |
| 10 | Audrey YeungYork Yeti | 8 | 5β3 | 62.5% | +0.6 | 1 |
Every one of those games was played with the paddle she helped design: the MK47 Signature Pro, built with her input from the first prototype to the paddle on shelves today.
Final Regular-Season Standings
All eight teams finished with 28 matches played, and the top six punch their ticket to the postseason. London Smash take the top seed on the strength of a 23β5 record and a league-best 70.6% game win rate, but they enter the playoffs off a loss. Toronto United sit one match back at 22β6 and haven't lost since before the streak began. Behind them, Grand River Rapids locked in third at 19β9 β and then it gets interesting: Vancouver, Montreal, and the Northern Lights all finished 13β15, separated only by game win percentage.
| # | Team | P | W | L | Match W% | Game W% | Streak | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London SmashClinched Β· #1 seed | 28 | 23 | 5 | 82.1% | 70.6% | L1 | LWWWW |
| 2 | Toronto United Pickleball ClubClinched Β· #2 seed Β· Maria Klokotzky's squad | 28 | 22 | 6 | 78.6% | 67.8% | W9 | WWWWW |
| 3 | Grand River RapidsClinched Β· #3 seed | 28 | 19 | 9 | 67.9% | 62.7% | W2 | WWLLL |
| 4 | Vancouver OwlsClinched Β· #4 seed | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.4% | 48.8% | L1 | LWLLW |
| 5 | Montreal LionsClinched Β· #5 seed | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.4% | 47.1% | L2 | LLWLW |
| 6 | Northern LightsClinched Β· #6 seed | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.4% | 45.8% | L1 | LWWWW |
| 7 | Detroit-Windsor DriveEliminated | 28 | 5 | 23 | 17.9% | 31.4% | L2 | LLWLL |
| 8 | York YetiEliminated | 28 | 4 | 24 | 14.3% | 26.1% | L3 | LLLWL |
The Playoff Picture: Three Storylines to Watch
The gap between the top three and the bottom three of the playoff field is real: nineteen-plus wins for the top seeds against thirteen for everyone else. But 28 matches of regular season only decide seeding. Grand River enter on a two-match win streak after a rough stretch, and any of the 13β15 trio can spring an upset if the top seeds look past them. For playoff dates, brackets, and match schedules as they're confirmed, keep an eye on cnpl.ca β and we'll have full coverage here on the Apollo blog.
League Player Leaderboard: Where Things Stand
Zooming out from the finale to the league player leaderboard across all CNPL events, London's Aibika Kalsarieva sits alone at the top with an 81.5% win rate β the standard everyone else is chasing. Grand River's Bruno Faletto holds second at 72.2%, with Ryan Torresin (71.6%) and Victoria DiMuzio (70.0%) close behind. Fifth on the list: Maria Klokotzky, with a 36β19 record and a 65.5% win rate β the top-ranked Toronto United player on the board.
| # | Player | GP | WβL | Win % | +/- | POTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aibika KalsarievaLondon Smash | 54 | 44β10 | 81.5% | +4.9 | 8 |
| 2 | Bruno FalettoGrand River Rapids | 54 | 39β15 | 72.2% | +3.0 | 7 |
| 3 | Ryan TorresinNorthern Rollers / London Smash | 134 | 96β38 | 71.6% | +3.3 | 15 |
| 4 | Victoria DiMuzioSouthwestern Ontario Brewers | 50 | 35β15 | 70.0% | +1.4 | 8 |
| 5 | Maria KlokotzkyApollo Β· MK47Toronto United Pickleball Club | 55 | 36β19 | 65.5% | +1.1 | 3 |
Why we care: Apollo was built around Canadian pickleball, and the CNPL is the best of it. When the paddle we developed with Maria goes 10β2 at the season finale in the hands of the player who designed it, that's the whole idea working exactly the way it's supposed to.
Co-designed with Maria Klokotzky and built for players who want pro-level control and power in one paddle. T700 carbon face, 16mm core, Payload 4 weight clips included.
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