Retornaz Reaches Astec Safety Challenge Semifinals

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) run at the Astec Safety Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). of the Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada; Retornaz advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-1 win over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;

Retornaz finished 3-2 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 8-4, then went on to lose 6-1 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Retornaz lost 4-2 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) where Retornaz responded with a 6-4 win over Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC). Retornaz won 7-5 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 29.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Astec Safety Challenge, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 363.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

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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