Kiist Runner-Up at 2020 North Hill Thanksgiving U18 Bonspiel

Okotoks, Alberta

SKIP
Ben
Kiist

Third
Michael
Keenan

Second
Marcus
Yurko

Lead
Logan
Thomas

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.17
PA/G:	5.56
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Ben Kiist (Okotoks, AB) lost 7-5 to Wyatt Wright (Cochrane, AB) in the Final of the North Hill Thanksgiving U18 Bonspiel, held October 9 - 12, 2020 at the North Hill Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kiist won 3-2 over Alberta's Josh Kroker in the semifinals of the 2020 North Hill Thanksgiving U18 Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Kiist finished 3-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiist defeated Clarence Cheung (Crestwood, AB) 8-4, then won 8-5 against Alberta's Kenan Wipf and 9-2 against Alberta's Josh Kroker in their final qualifying round match.

Kiist 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

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