Kauste

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	12
Record:	9W - 3L
PF/G:	7.86
PA/G:	5.34
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, Kauste finished 6-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste lost 8-6 to Sergio Vez (Donostia-San Sebastian, ESP), then responded with a 7-6 win over Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Kauste won 5-3 against Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG), then won 10-3 against Gabor Riesz (Budapest, HUN) and 9-1 against Belgium's Timothy Verreycken. Kauste won 7-6 against Karlis Smilga (Riga, LAT), then won 8-2 against Kevin Golberg (Jerusalem, ISR) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships playoffs earned Kauste 19.950 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 101.603 total points. Kauste ranks 58th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 47.561 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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