Hess Reaches 2018 German Masters Quarters

Zug, Switzerland

SKIP
Yves
Hess

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Michael
Mueller

Lead
Fabian
Schmid

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	7.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Yves Hess (Zug, SUI) qualified for the 2018 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO).

Hess finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hess defeated Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Hess responded with a 8-5 win over Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Hess won 7-6 against Kristian Lindstroem (Lit, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Hess earned 13.624 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 106th place overall with 56.964 total points. Hess ranks 111th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.374 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2017: Steffen Walstad
Oslo, NOR
2016: David Murdoch
Stirling, SCO
2015: Brendan Bottcher
Edmonton, AB
2014: Sven Michel
Adelboden, SUI

Bottcher Out!

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong, Hardline Curling) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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