Kauste

Helsinki, Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	10
Record:	3W - 7L
PF/G:	5.00
PA/G:	7.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.11

Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Kauste finished 3-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste lost 10-3 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuhel, AUT). Kauste lost 10-2 to Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Kauste lost 8-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Kauste lost 8-4 to Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) where Kauste responded with a 6-5 win over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Kauste went on to lose 7-5 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Kauste responded with a 6-5 win over Andy Kapp (Hamburg, GER). Kauste won 5-4 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste earned 6.086 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 3 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 129.126 total points. Kauste ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.597 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

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