Birr3-6 at 2020 USA Curling National Championship

Ham Lake, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	9
Record:	3W - 6L
PF/G:	6.88
PA/G:	8.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) finished 3-6 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr lost 8-7 to Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA) where Birr responded with a 12-5 win over Kyle Kakela (Rolla, ND). Birr went on to lose 8-4 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Birr lost 8-0 to Jed Brundidge (West St. Paul, MN) where Birr responded with a 8-7 win over Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN). Birr won 10-5 against Steven Birklid (Mountlake Terrace, WA). Birr went on to lose 8-4 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA). Birr lost 10-2 to Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 7.003 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Birr move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.759 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 59th overall with 76.008 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birr ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 76.008 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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