Shuster Reaches Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors Quarters

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John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

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John
Landsteiner

John Shuster (Duluth , MN) qualified for the Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). of the Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors in Sault Ste.Marie;

Shuster finished 3-2 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost 7-6 to Sandy MacEwan (Sudbury, NONT), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) where Shuster responded with a 6-0 win over Connor Simms (Sault Ste Marie, ON). Shuster won 7-0 against Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 7-0 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors. Shuster move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 8.25 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with 167.844 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	51	23	0	0.689	14-0	8-4	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	509	459	318	9.02	6.25	2.77	4.85	4.01	1.86	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	243	325	77	23	12-0	28-7	64-8	1.34	0.32	0.47	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	266	134	241	35	2-5	10-16	25-44	0.50	0.91	0.56	0.31

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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