Young Reaches 2023 U25 NextGen Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Nathan
Young

Third
Sam
Follett

Second
Nathan
Locke

Lead
Ben
Stringer

Nathan Young (St. Johns, NL) run at the 2023 U25 NextGen Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-5 loss to Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON).

Young finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Young lost 9-0 to Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 5-2 win over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB). Young went on to lose 7-5 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Young responded with a 6-2 win over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB). Young won 7-2 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Young earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the U25 NextGen Classic, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 74.250 total points. Young ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	18	10	0	0.643	1-1	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	210	168	144	8.00	6.86	1.14	4.38	4.38	1.83	1.57	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	106	135	26	15	5-0	4-1	39-6	1.27	0.25	0.53	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	104	33	118	11	1-3	2-4	7-24	0.32	1.13	0.58	0.18

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