Retornaz3-6 at 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

Fourth
Amos
Mosaner

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Second
Andrea
Pilzer

Lead
Daniele
Ferrazza

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 3-6 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost 5-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Retornaz won 10-9 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Retornaz went on to lose 6-4 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Retornaz lost 6-5 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Retornaz lost 7-6 to Kyle Smith (Perth, UK). Retornaz lost 8-6 to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Retornaz lost 7-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) where Retornaz responded with a 6-4 win over Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 15.868 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Retornaz move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 14.624 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 64th overall with 109.179 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.995 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

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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