Shuster Runner-Up at 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup

Duluth, United States

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.27
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) lost 7-4 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup, held September 30 - October 3, 2019 in Uiseong, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 7-3 over Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup in Uiseong, Korea;

Shuster finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene , ON) 5-3, then won 8-4 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Shuster went on to lose 4-2 against McEwen. Shuster responded with a 6-1 win over Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup, Shuster take home 35.125 world rankings points along with the $16,652CDN prize, remaining in 14th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6.978 after improving upon their best so far this season. Shuster ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.237 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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