Leichter4-5 at 2017 USA Men's National Curling Championship

Boston, Massachusetts

SKIP
Alex
Leichter

Third
Martin
Sather

Second
Nate
Clark

Lead
Ryan
Hallisey

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	6.08
PA/G:	6.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Leichter defeated Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN) 7-3, then went on to lose 9-3 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Leichter lost 6-5 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Leichter lost 6-5 to Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Leichter lost 8-2 to Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) where Leichter responded with a 9-3 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Leichter won 7-6 against Stephen Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN), then won 5-3 against Craig Brown (Blaine, USA). Leichter went on to lose 10-5 against Hunter Clawson (Laurel, MD) in their final qualifying round match.

Leichter earned 5.891 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 122nd place overall with 46.258 total points. Leichter ranks 133rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.185 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

2025: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner , Mark Lazar
Duluth, MN
2024: John Shuster
John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth , MN
2017: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
Duluth, USA

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