Connolly Reaches 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling

SKIP
Nicholas
Connolly

Third
Evan
Workin

Second
Chris
Bond

Lead
Nathan
Parry

Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) qualified for the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-0 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Connolly finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Connolly lost 7-5 to Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI), then responded with a 10-2 win over Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI). Connolly won 9-0 against Mason Guentzel (Saint Paul, MN). Connolly went on to lose 7-3 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). Connolly responded with a 7-2 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

Connolly earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships, moving up 35 spots the World Ranking Standings into 127th place overall with 21.563 total points. Connolly ranks 81st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	17	18	0	0.486	3-1	0-4	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	244	165	211	6.76	8.65	-1.89	4.47	4.75	1.51	1.82	0.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	126	104	69	12	2-1	6-5	19-8	0.83	0.55	0.24	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	118	61	142	7	0-7	5-9	9-31	0.52	1.20	0.32	0.36

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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