Shuster Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Semifinals

Duluth, United States

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.16
PA/G:	5.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) run at the 2018 Karuizawa International came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-1 loss to Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Shuster advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-5 win over Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN).

Shuster finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Daishi Ikezaki (Sapporo, JPN) 10-1, then won 6-4 against Matsumura and 5-4 against Ogihara. Shuster won 7-2 against Kanya Shimizuno (Furano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 15.694 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Karuizawa International. For week 19 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Shuster ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
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Stirling, SCO
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Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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