CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 8-6 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the Final of the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, held April 2 - 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Edin won 8-4 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;

Edin finished 9-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 7-4, then went on to lose 8-7 against Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI). Edin lost 10-8 to Retornaz where Edin responded with a 11-4 win over Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN). Edin won 7-2 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then won 8-4 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and 7-2 against Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER). Edin won 7-5 against Gushue. Edin went on to lose 7-5 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Edin responded with a 8-2 win over Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO). Edin won 5-3 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA), then won 7-6 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the LGT World Men's Curling Championship Championship title, Edin earned 75.289 world rankings points, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with 410.814 total points. Edin ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 410.814 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	66	22	0	0.750	27-6	13-2	8-3	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	697	547	376	7.85	5.39	2.45	4.65	3.86	1.69	1.40	1.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	357	436	61	60	11-0	32-0	88-10	1.22	0.17	0.44	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	340	111	315	44	2-4	5-9	16-66	0.33	0.93	0.64	0.23

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)